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Dropout

For a learner, disengagement from an education or training programme before its completion, without having achieved the relevant learning or training objectives.

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  • Dropout may apply to the process (early school-leaving) and to an individua
Source:
Cedefop, Glossary. Terminology of European education and training policy, (accessed 03/2023)


Temporary or permanent withdrawal from an education or training program before its completion. (Note: In English this word can also refer to a person who has failed to complete a course. This usage is often derogative.)

Source:
EU, European Adult Learning Glossary, Level 2, 2010


A person who discontinues a programme of education or training. (Definition also used by Queensland government)

Source:
M. Wahba (TVET consultant), Glossary of Terms for TVET, Assessment and Verification, 2013


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