To improve the country's standing on achieving the Millennium Development Goals on Education and Education for All … two major issues regarding universal primary education, viz., late school entry and dropping out before completion of … elementary, which are tied to a variety of factors related to demand for education. This paper focuses on a select few that …

of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … on drop-outs is positive. Analogously, we also observed that an additional grade in primary education reduces the …