The chapter looks at children?s trajectories from early childhood through to the time they leave school, examining when and why they leave school, the types of schools they go to (government or private), and how various factors are shaping their educational opportunities and achievement. It synthesizes existing Young Lives analysis based on three rounds of research with two age cohorts. While the chapter does not explore school quality indicators, it looks at the large achievement gaps that exist between different groups, which need to be the central consideration in strategies to improve education quality. We find that unequal school trajectories are set in motion during early childhood. Despite high enrolment, there are stark inequalities in children?s progression through school, and learning outcomes are strongly shaped by household-level factors.

The final published version of the chapter can be found on the publisher's website. 

 Reference: 

Murray, Helen (2014) 'Fulfilling the Promise of School Education? Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam', in Michael Bourdillon and Jo Boyden Growing up in Poverty: Findings from Young Lives (pp. 181-200). Oxford: Palgrave Macmillan.