Zero Drop-Out
Acabar amb l’abandonament escolar a Catalunya és possible
OpenEarly drop-out is one of the foremost challenges facing the Catalan educational system. Although the early drop-out figures have been reduced in recent decades, Catalonia still leads the countries with the most lowly qualified young people without post-compulsory education.
Last year more than 97,000 young people in Catalonia between the ages of 18 and 24 years had left school early without any degree beyond that of compulsory secondary school. This is equivalent to the capacity of the Camp Nou football stadium, or 3,200 full classrooms.
The economic crises, educational policies such as the ones aimed at reducing the repeating of grades, the sustained rise in compulsory secondary school graduations, and the promotion of vocational training have helped to reduce early school leaving. However, these incipient measures do not suffice to achieve a drastic reduction of the problem and early drop-out could start to increase again in periods of economic recovery.
For all these reasons, Fundació Bofill is launching a Catalonia-wide plea to call for an emergency plan of action to combat school drop-out. Sign the manifesto!
With the Zero Drop-Out project, we wish to provide knowledge about the scope, characteristics and consequences of early school drop-out, together with proposals for public policies and measures addressed specifically to eradicating this problem in Catalonia.
The consideration of the fight against early school drop-out as a national goal forms the basis for a paramount equity policy since extending the educational pathways of the thousands of young people who are now leaving school early would mean a significant improvement of their job outlooks and life opportunities.
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Elena Sintes
Project Manager
PhD in Sociology and bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Sciences from the University of Barcelona (UB). With extensive experience as a researcher in public policies of time and education, Elena Sintes has done research at the University of Barcelona and at the Autonomous University of B…
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Rosalina Alcalde
Codirector for Prevention of Early School Leaving
With a PhD with Honours in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Rosalina Alcalde also holds a master’s degree in Public and Social Policies from Pompeu Fabra University (UPF)-John Hopkins University and has been engaged in teaching and university research in the field of e…
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Joan Soler
Analista de dades per a l’àrea de recerca
Graduat en Ciències Polítiques i de l’Administració a la Universitat Pompeu Fabra, postgraduat en Anàlisi de Dades per la UB i màster en Metodologia de la Investigació en Ciències Socials per la Universitat Complutense de Madrid. Des de setembre de 2023 treballa a la Fundació Bofill com a analista …
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Mònica Nadal
Director of Research
With a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Mònica Nadal also holds an MPhil in Women’s Studies from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland). Since May 2014, she has been the Research director and a member of the executive team of Fundació Bofill,…
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Fathia Benhammou
Director of Programmes
Fathia Benhammou completed a Teaching degree programme, specialising in Early Childhood Education, at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). She also holds a master’s degree in Social Exclusion, Cultural Diversity and Socio-Educational Intervention from the University of Girona (UdG). She h…
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Marc Garriga
Director of Communications
A graduate in Journalism of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), at the Giny Comunicació agency Marc Garriga has engaged in communication consultancy for entities, enterprises and public administrations, and works on the design and implementation of communication projects. He always …
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