CRISIS KEEPS KIDS IN SCHOOL

One unexpected consequence of the current economic crisis is that more teenagers are staying on at school. Until now, Spain has had one of the EU's highest school drop-out rates but youngsters are beginning to realise that the more qualifications they have, the better the chance of finding a job. The unemployment figure for October - 2,818,026 - was the highest since April 1996 and some gloom-and-doom merchants predict it could top the four-million mark by the end of next year.