By EHUD ZION WALKDOKS
Education Minister Yuli Tamir presented statistics Monday which showed that the high
school dropout rate dropped from 5.4% overall in 2006 to 4.1% in 2007. Tamir presented
the data at the Beersheba Conference.
The most dramatic decrease was among Russian-born students which went from 7.1% to 4%.
Arab male students dropped out the most both in 2006 and 2007.
Tamir said the statistics were not exact because they included those studying in
alternative frameworks and that her office would come up with a standard measurement over
the course of the year. The ministry has said that it would target dropouts in the
non-Jewish and immigrant sectors this year.