Most critically, many primary school children failed to proceed to secondary level due to financial constraints.
As a result, most children graduate from the primary school level without having mastered basic literacy and numeracy skills, and many of them fail to proceed to secondary level.
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Last month England's chief inspector of schools, Sir Michael Wilshaw ordered a landmark report into how state schools teach the most able pupils, warning that some pupils got top marks at primary school but did not do as well at secondary school.
Unveiling the deal Caldas's Governor Mario Aristizabal said the region was "committed to giving each and every child of primary school age the same opportunity to access knowledge as the most privileged children in New York, Berlin or Tokyo".
In 2005, for example, it was estimated that enrolment in most rural schools was below 80%, with more than 20% of primary school children subsequently dropping out of school.
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But these calls have been resisted by unions representing primary school teachers, as well as by council directors of education, who have said most schools are ready to introduce the curriculum on time.
Comparing the results of children who had been in pre-school classes and those who had not, the former pre-school pupils were seen to be more popular in all primary age ranges - with the most pronounced gap among 10 year olds.
The current most popular subjects students in Jersey chose when going to university are sport, psychology, history, medicine and primary school teaching.
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