Translation of "Faible niveau d'études " (French → English) :

low-input agriculture [ low input agriculture ]

Illiteracy and low-level literacy

Cholelithiasis with ABCB4 gene mutation

household with low work intensity | low work intensity household

low-light television [ LLTV | low light television | lowlight level television | low-light level television system | low-light level television ]

low noise amplifier [ LNA | low-noise amplifier ]

low-skilled person | low-skilled worker

low external input agriculture

The country's situation continues to reflect the major structural problems that beset it: (a) the shortcomings of the social protection system, whose per capita level of public expenditure is the lowest in the EU (despite some impact on the risk of poverty, which would have been 37% without social transfers including pensions); (b) the low level of education (in 2002, only 20.6% of 25-64 year-olds had completed at least upper secondary education, and the early school-leaving rate of 45.5% contrasts strikingly with the EU average of 18.8%); (c) the low skill level of large sectors of the working population, in an economy based on labour ...[+++]-intensive, low-paid work ("the working poor "), together with low participation in continuing training (2.9% in 2002), hamper sectoral restructuring and explain why productivity growth is so low (0.3% in 2002, unchanged since 2001).

Too many people do not have the competences needed to succeed in the labour market; adults with low educational attainment are seven times less likely to be involved in continuing education and training than those with high attainment levels, and as a result face increasing difficulty in adapting to newly-emerging and evolving skills needs.

Trends over time can be observed by looking at different cohorts of people: the difference between the share of people with low educational attainment among youth (18 to 24 years) and the elderly (aged 65 years and over, Table 21) is striking: in the EU as a whole, as many as 70% in the latter group have attained less than upper education, as opposed to the 19% of all 18-24 year olds noted above.

According to our census data, people with disabilities are more likely to have lower education levels, are more likely to stop their education after the primary level, and are less likely to attend university.