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Education in the Dominican Republic is free and compulsory between the ages of 5 and 14.[1] The gross primary enrollment rate was 93.9 percent in 1996.[1] The repetition rate was 5.6 percent and the dropout rate was 14.4 percent for children enrolled in grades one to eight in 1999.[1] Primary school attendance rates were unavailable for the Dominican Republic as of 2001.[1] While enrollment rates indicate a level of commitment to education, they do not always reflect children’s participation in school.[1] In rural areas, schools often lack basic furnishings and teaching materials and are far from children's homes.[1] In many cases, school fees and the cost of uniforms, books, meals, and transportation make education prohibitively expensive for poor families considering that it costs 6000 pesos(600$)[citation needed] to pay for all the fees. [1]
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