School Dropout Report - Behind the Numbers of Dropouts from Compulsory Education in the Kosovo

School Dropout Report Behind the Numbers of Dropouts from Compulsory Education in the Kosovo System 2020-2023 March 2024 The OSCE Mission in Kosovo would like to thank the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation and the municipal education directorates who shared valuable data and information to make this report possible. [...] Smaller groups of the Kosovo Ashkali community are also present throughout the rest of Kosovo.9 The Kosovo Egyptian community is the fourth-smallest community in Kosovo10, comprising 11,524 registered during the 2011 census, representing 0.66 per cent of the population.11 Kosovo Egyptians live predominantly in the west of Kosovo, where the largest community concentration is in Gjakovë/Đakovica mun. [...] 18 Administrative Instruction 08/2018, On the Establishment and Strengthening the Teams for Prevention and Response Against Abandonment and Non-Enrolment of Students in Pre-University Education, Article 5 13 months and report to MESTI.19 At the MESTI level, the PRTAN supervises the implementation of policies for the PRTANs.20 The Module of the Early Warning System (EWS) aims to collect qualitative. [...] In such cases, the onus is on the municipality to report to the ministry.25 Article 5 of the Administrative Instruction 04/2013 for Submission of Claims and Procedures for Social Assistance requires school certificates for children aged 6–14 and 15–18 years to accompany an initial application for, or extension of, social assistance.26 In addition to the laws and by-laws, the Kosovo Education Strat. [...] Gjilan/Gnjilane Region The municipality of Ferizaj/Uroševac and to a lesser extent the municipality of Kaçanik/Kačanik in the Gjilan/Gnjilane region are experiencing dropouts from children in grades I to IX from the Kosovo Ashkali community and a small number from the Kosovo Albanian community.