Overview
- Catalonia’s early school leaving rate stands at 13.7% for 2024, above the EU reference, and the government is targeting 9% by 2030.
- The plan is structured around 10 strategies, led by inter-administrative networks to track at-risk students and develop local prevention plans.
- Key measures include a forthcoming Decret d’Orientació Educativa, a review of anti-segregation policies with an antiracist perspective, more flexible pathways, and teacher training.
- The Reconnect-ES pilot deployed 52 social educators who reached 4,084 of 8,941 identified youths and secured 1,366 reengagements, a rate near 15.2%.
- Most students who returned enrolled in mid-level vocational training, and education officials emphasized the pilot is incipient and requires more time for full evaluation.