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Already next summer, more students with unskilled parents will pass 9th grade, believes the Minister of Children and Education Mattias Tesfaye (S). Professor doubts it.

Children of unskilled workers perform significantly worse in school

Since the coronavirus lockdowns, more students with unskilled parents are failing Danish and math in 9th grade. Foto: Finn Frandsen
Since the coronavirus lockdowns, more students with unskilled parents are failing Danish and math in 9th grade. Foto: Finn Frandsen
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If your parents don’t have an education, it’s much more likely that you won’t pass Danish and math in 9th grade. This was emphasized by the final exams in primary school this summer.

Among students with unskilled parents, nearly 28 percent did not pass both Danish and math. In the group of students whose parents are either skilled workers or have a higher education, less than 9 percent failed by comparison.

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