This factsheet sets out headline findings on education and learning from Round 7 of the Young Lives survey in Peru, carried out in 2023–24 when the Younger Cohort was 22 years old and the Older Cohort was 29.  It outlines changes in education and learning over time by comparing the Younger Cohort at age 22 with the Older Cohort at the same age in 2016, and exploring the Younger Cohort's progression from age 15 to 22.  The headlines on education and learning in Peru are: 

• Secondary school completion has significantly improved over the last seven years.
• Early life inequalities predict educational outcomes 20 years later.
• Teenage pregnancy is strongly associated with lower secondary completion.
• University enrolment has increased, but early-life socio-economic inequalities predict who goes on to university after school.
• Internet access is high, but a digital divide persists.
• Higher reading test scores at age 12 are associated with completion of or current enrolment in university.
• Growing up in more advantageous socio-economic conditions is associated with higher reading scores.

This factsheet is one of a series sharing headline findings from Round 7.  In addition to education and learning, there are factsheets on health, nutrition and well-being, and work and family lives  in Ethiopia, India and Peru.  You can access all the factsheets on our publications page.