official figures reveal.
This startling revelation came as US President Barack Obama announced
the launch of a programme to increase the number of Latin American
students in the US during a visit to South America.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has described the dropout among
students as "unacceptable", but acknowledged the fact that many
schools do not offer "first-class education" to students.
The dropout rate rises to nearly 40 percent among African-Americans
and Hispanics, according to Prensa Latina.
Seeking to combat this high dropout rate, education experts have now
launched the "26 seconds" campaign, which allows young people to
express their creative talent in music, sports and other fields on the
site 26seconds.com. IANS
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