It's "not exactly news" tweets the Education Minister, Leighton Andrews, that - as we report today - by the end of the year, parents of pupils in Welsh secondary schools will be able to log in, look up their child's school and find out how it's faring.

BBC: Crude league tables? No! Nuanced banding? Yes!

Other factors that contribute to attrition in secondary school, particularly among girls, are school fees, child marriages, a shortage of teachers, inadequate toilet facilities -- a basic need, as girls reach menstrual age -- and the lack of support from parents and the community, Cawasji said.

CNN: For a girl in rural India, education is a difficult pursuit

Yet a child in the last grade of primary only has at best a 75% chance of making the transition to lower secondary school in about 20 countries around the world, the overwhelming majority of which are in sub-Saharan Africa.

UNESCO: EDUCATION