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4. Internal Efficiency (Cont'd)
Overall, drop-out rates were higher at the secondary level in comparison to the primary level school for all countries. At the secondary school level, a higher percentage of males dropped-out in all countries except Grenada which was nearly equal. On a year-by-year basis, all countries reported between zero and 0.5 percent primary school drop-out rates except Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Virgin Islands.
A greater percentage of boys dropped-out at the upper secondary school level. Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Kitts and Nevis all reported between 0.2 and 3.0 percent drop-outs for each secondary school grade. More than 3.0 percent dropped-out during: Form 5 in Saint Lucia; Forms 3 and 4 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; and Forms 1 and 2 in Virgin Islands.
4.8 Trends in Primary School Dropout Rates
Primary school dropout rates have either stayed the same or dropped from 2008-09 to 2012-13 for every reporting country except St. Kitts and Nevis and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Dropout rates have risen yearly in St. Kitts and Nevis since 2008-09, and rates for St. Vincent and the Grenadines rose from 0.2 percent in 2009-10 to 0.4 percent in 2012-13.
Dropout rates were slightly higher or equal for males than females in each year reported for Grenada, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The other countries reported a mixture of gender disparity across the years. Despite this trend, it is important to note that raw numbers were at least one-third higher for male dropouts than for female dropouts in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for the year 2013-14.
4.9 Trends in Secondary School Dropout Rates
For all reporting countries, secondary level dropout rates in 2012-13 were higher than primary dropout rates.
Peak secondary school drop-out rates occurred as follows: 1.7 percent in Antigua and Barbuda for 2008-09; 3.0 percent in Dominica for 2009-10; 1.8 percent in Grenada for 2008-09; 1.0 percent in St. Kitts and Nevis for 2008-09 and 2012-13; 1.9 percent for St. Lucia in 2011-12; 3.5 percent in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for 2009-10 (no data for 2008-09); and 3.2 percent for the only year reported by British Virgin Islands.
Dropout rates were consistently higher for boys than girls for each year in Dominica, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. More boys than girls also dropped out of school in the year reported by the Virgin Islands.