Republic of Cyprus Second Voluntary National Report - Sustainable development goals

124 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 GOAL 4: ENSURE INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE QUALITY EDUCATION AND PROMOTE LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL BASIC EDUCATION Early Leavers from Education and Training (Total) % of the population aged 18-24 12.7 11.3 11.4 9.1 6.8 5.2 7.6 8.5 7.8 9.2 Early Leavers from Education and Training (Males) % of the population aged 18-24 16.2 15.1 16.5 14.8 11.2 7.7 11.4 9.4 9.9 11.1 Early Leavers from Education and Training (Females) % of the population aged 18-24 9.8 8.1 7.0 4.2 2.9 3.1 4.3 7.7 6.0 7.5 Early Leavers from Education and Training (Citizen of Reporting Country) % of the population aged 18-24 7.6 7.0 7.4 7.0 4.5 3.2 5.1 5.7 6.0 4.9 Early Leavers from Education and Training (Citizen of Non-EU27 Reporting Countries) % of the population aged 18-24 24.7 28.3 24.8 20.1 34.0 23.5 26.1 20.4 17.3 25.7 Underachievement in Reading % of 15-year-old students 32.8 35.6 43.7 Underachievement in Maths % of 15-year-old students 42.0 42.6 36.9 Underachievement in Science % of 15-year-old students 38.0 42.1 39.0 Participation in Early Childhood Education (Total) % of the age group between 4-years-old and the starting age of compulsory education 85.4 85.0 83.8 84.3 82.6 89.6 89.7 92.0 95.3 Participation in Early Childhood Education (Males) % of the age group between 4-years-old and the starting age of compulsory education 84.7 85.0 83.9 84.3 81.9 89.5 90.4 91.6 96.3 Participation in Early Childhood Education (Females) % of the age group between 4-years-old and the starting age of compulsory education 86.0 85.0 83.6 84.4 83.3 89.7 89.0 92.4 94.1