the education system has a number of features that promote equity including a high proportion of students enrolled in early childhood education low grade repetition and comprehensive schooling until age upper secondary graduation rates are high as are enrolment rates for vocational education and training vet but dropout from vet is also high tertiary education is accessible to all through policies such as a publicly funded grant and loan scheme in the oecd survey of adult skills adults in denmark demonstrate belowaverage literacy skills and aboveaverage numeracy skills compared to the average across participating countries with younger adults scoring around the average