CYP Now - Children should stay at school until 18 to mitigate Covid learning loss, think-tank suggests

A global think-tank has suggested that compulsory education should be extended to 18 to make up for lost learning during Covid lockdowns.

Researchers suggest extending compulsory education would mitigate pandemic learning loss. Picture: Monkey Business/Adobe Stock - Monkey Business/Adobe Stock

A report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) finds that the pandemic “posed significant challenges to education systems and students worldwide”, and that in the wake of the pandemic and various lockdowns there was “a pressing need to assess the effectiveness” of measures put in place to address these challenges.

The Luxembourg parliament approved a bill in July 2023 to extend compulsory schooling from 16 to 18 years. This will come into force at the start of the 2026/2027 academic year.

In Romania the change came into effect in the 2021/2022 school year as part of a gradual increase of compulsory education.

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