One in five Dutch school pupils will repeat a year

Over one in five Dutch school pupils will repeat a year before they reach the age of 16, according to school inspectors.


This is well above the 14% average in the 34-nation strong OECD, news agency ANP reports, quoting figures from the Paris-based organisation.

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