Overview

• About 63% of Argentine 15-year-olds fear lacking the money to pursue post-secondary plans, compared with 52% across the OECD and 66% in Latin America.
• Nearly half of students, 47%, report family pressure to choose a specific path, a share among the region’s highest and comparable to Jamaica.
• Economic concern is sharper for the poorest students, with 67% in the lowest quintile worried about finances versus 55% in the highest quintile.
• Three in four students, 76%, say school taught work-relevant skills, and 64% feel it helped them gain confidence to make decisions.
• Only 65% feel well informed about education or job options after school, trailing several Latin American peers, prompting calls to bolster school-based orientation and coordinated support from families, employers and the state.