As a result, most Syrian students are absorbed into the private sector for primary education, and the informal sector for supplemental education.[10] The percentage of Syrian students enrolled in public schools continues to drop due to the perception of poorer quality of education offered.[10] The 2011-2012 schoolyear posed a significant dropout rate of 70% for Syrian refugee students given a lack of supplemental resources. The failure rate among Syrian children is twice the national average of that of Lebanese children.[10]