drop out

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give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope

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withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values

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leave school or an educational program prematurely

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Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore said the biggest challenge for the current education system in India was the large scale drop outs from schools in the early stages.

Sharmila Tagore concerned over school drop outs

It claimed to show that young people consider horticulture to be "for drop outs; unskilled and unfulfilling".

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"When a kid wants to drop out of school, it's just a symptom of a larger problem."

Eliminating dropouts with persistence and shoe leather: this small school district took on its truancy problem head-on. Its result: no dropouts. (district profile)

Daring also noted that first-time ninth-grade students who drop out of school but return a year later are still counted as statistics in their original class.

School's low grad rate `startling'

Cllr John Blundell (Con, Wainbody) said: "We have got a good record on getting 16-year-olds into education, employment and training but at 17 and 18 the drop out rate goes up.

Training move 'a good thing'

He said that the women who are school drop outs, married in early age from poor families, illiterate, poor and vulnerable will be selected.

Income generation project for deserving women started

The cause wasnt helped as a number of drop outs on the morning of the game left the team with only 12 fully fit players.

Depleted Ingles dig deep for away win

The Hashoo Foundation is engaged in providing accessibility to quality education for drop outs coming from marginalized families.

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