Inter-School Mobility of Pupils of Middle Schools in the Czech Republic

Abstract

We present pilot data on moves by Czech pupils between upper secondary schools. It is based on administrative microdata − the spring collection of information on the school register in 2017. We analysed 4,533 cases of moves. We illustrate the aggregated data using three cases of chain moves. Th e results show that 11.5% of moves were from a “maturita” programme to a “non-maturita” discipline, and only 3.2% were in the opposite direction. Th e other moves did not involve a change in type of studies. Th e number of changes of school without change in family place of permanent address varied strikingly between regions. Inter-school mobility could be an important indicator drawing attention to risk pupils and schools. Th e methodology of the analysis of administrative data has considerable potential but the current system of the collection and administration of data in the Czech school system lags behind the advanced countries.