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September 9, 2020Fundación Telefónica Perú

Is school dropout increasing this school year?, by Santiago Cueto

“The combination of risk factors increases the probability of dropping out. Thus, for example, students who live in poverty, who have young children and do not have a computer or cell phone, are at greater risk than those who only present one of these circumstances”. Santiago Cueto, Executive Director at GRADE and Country Director of Young Lives Peru, writes about the possible increase in dropout in Peru due to the health emergency caused by COVID-19. Read the full op-ed in Fundación Telefónica Perú website.