Slightly more than 60,000 students around the country left school in the 2014 school year due to various reasons such as diseases, financial difficulties and maladjustment, data showed Wednesday.
According to the tally compiled by the Ministry of Education, 60,568 students attending elementary, middle and high schools in the country dropped out as of April 1 this year. The figure was 11.2 percent lower than a year ago.