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In order to do this I plan • To explore the reasons students in these schools leave formal education early. • To ascertain what programmes are in place in the two schools to combat early school leaving and to describe their operation, focusing in particular at the level o f collaboration between the school, community and support agencies. • To evaluate the programmes focusing on the perspective of key partners as to whether these initiatives are successful and whether future initiatives could further combat early school leaving: - How do the participating students evaluate the programmes? - How do school personnel evaluate the programmes? - How do parents and members of the community evaluate the programmes? - How do support agency personnel evaluate the programmes? 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In order to do this I plan • To explore the reasons students in these schools leave formal education early. • To ascertain what programmes are in place in the two schools to combat early school leaving and to describe their operation, focusing in particular at the level o f collaboration between the school, community and support agencies. • To evaluate the programmes focusing on the perspective of key partners as to whether these initiatives are successful and whether future initiatives could further combat early school leaving: - How do the participating students evaluate the programmes? - How do school personnel evaluate the programmes? - How do parents and members of the community evaluate the programmes? - How do support agency personnel evaluate the programmes? 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