The dropout rates of male minors were higher, especially in the 11th grade.

Section 8(2) provides that a child is not to be admitted to year 1 unless he or she is at least 6 years old and a child is not to be admitted to year 7 if he or she is over 15 years old.

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The bottleneck at the end of the primary cycle is the result of the highly competitive examination systems operating at Class 6 which acts as a screening mechanism.

Almost 99 of children that enroll in first grade of primary school successfully reach the fifth grade of primary school.

Together, these two kinds of institutions enroll well over 90 percent of all preschool age children prior to their entrance into the formal system at first grade.

The roughly 100 per cent increase in enrolment in grade 1 for the 2005 06 school year resulted in teachers having to look after more than 150 children in one class.

In 2003 2004, the dropout rates of female minors in the 9th to 11th grades stood around 3.1 3.6 and in the 12th grade the rate of dropout was just 0.7 .

The percentages do not improve in secondary school, although the percentage of students who receive the Brevet d'Etude du Premier Cycle (School leaving certificate) and the Baccalauréat (High school diploma) is slightly higher than the percentage of students who pass into Grade Six and receive the Certificat de Fin d'Etude du Premier Degré (Primary school diploma).