"School dropout rate has registered a downward trend, from 18 percent to 15 percent in 2009, while in 2010-2011 it increased again, reaching 16 percent. We are registering a a slightly upward trend, whereas in that period , the education budget was most affected. The target s that by 2020 the droput rate should decrease to 11 percent, "the Minister of Education, Remus Pricopie, said.
The study surveying the period 2005-2009 shows that the dropout rate in Romania is 20%, although by 2014 it should reach a rate of 15%
