I. Educational, Cultural and Leisure Activities Issue 20 Education Elementary and Junior High School Dropouts/Senior High School Dropouts 107. Referring to §§259-263 and Attachment 8-12 of the Second Report, the NHRC found from the Control Yuan 2020 investigation report 85 that about 50% of the reasons for dropout are attributable to personal factors, 25% to family factors, and about 10-12% to school factors and social factors respectively, according to the MOE 2016-2018 statistics. However, Attachment 8-12 (2) clearly shows that the number of dropouts is the largest at the junior high school level, and the numbers of dropouts increase exponentially grade by grade. 108. The NHRC learned from Attachment 8-13 of the Second Report that the dropout rate at senior high school level did decline; 65% of the causes were attributable to the individuals and 18.8% to the schools. Of the personal factors, 34.6% are due to differences between personal interests and what the school teaches. 109. From the Control Yuan investigation report of a family in Kinmen County who have not enrolled their 4 children in compulsory education for 11 years, the NHRC learned that the parents have not sent their children to compulsory education since 2008 due to personal beliefs. The parents have neglected education and abused their custody, and hence undermined the four children's right to education and development.86 According to the MOE, a total of 54 students refused to attend primary and secondary schools for a long period of time in the past 10 years. For non-child protection or high-risk cases, most of them did not go to school due to "poor cooperation from parents". 85 86 The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Jun 11, 2020 (Educational Measures for Students Who Have Not Gone on to Higher Education and Are Not Employed In The K-12 Education System). The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Nov 11, 2021. (Kinmen case) 54