About half of immigrant youth of Turkish or North-African origin
drop out of high school before getting a diploma. The cause is
the low social-economic circumstances of the youth, the other
language and the late entrance into high school. This is
according to a study of the Open Univesity of Brussels. Less
than 20% of boys and less than 25% of girls of Turkish and
North-African origin start higher education. By ethnic Belgians
that's 57% of boys and 71% of girls. More than 40% of Turkish
and North-African youth begin secondary education after the age
of 12, which means they already have a gap to fill. The
researchers pointed out that it's impossible to catch up on such
gaps later on. Source: HLN (Dutch)