Early Digital Diagnosis and Intervention Project reduces risks of Early School Leaving

Press Release April 30th 2023 – Early School Leaving (ESL) is a serious issue that affects many young people across the globe. There are many reasons why some young people give up education and (vocational) training prematurely: personal or family problems, learning difficulties, fragile socio-economic situation and of course Corona. For example, the number of Dutch early school leavers has not been as high in MBO in the past ten years as it is now, due to Corona (AD, 30/4/2023). The ‘Early Digital Diagnosis and Intervention (EDDI)’ project helps teachers, families and students to better understand the causes and consequences of leaving education early. We have produced a Platform with modules, a catalogue and an android application) in English, Dutch, Turkish and Greek and these outputs are a couple of solutions to tackle the problem of Early School Leaving (ESL).