Fewer disadvantaged children start school
The number of disadvantaged children entering primary school has halved between 1996 and now, according to national statistics office CBS.
This year, some 280,000 children are labeled disadvantaged, meaning their parents are low-skilled, travelers or work in inland shipping.
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