The dropout rate among students from North Korean defector families reached 2.2 percent in 2024, twice the national average, offering one of the clearest signs yet that South Korea’s education system is failing to integrate them.
New data released Monday shows 4.4 percent of high schoolers from defector households quit school last year, compared with 2 percent in middle schools and 0.5 percent in elementary schools, according to
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