at the same time targeted interventions at the secondary level to prevent dropouts and to raise the awareness about the benefits of education should receive further resources students from sociallydisadvantaged backgrounds should be supported by a maintenance grant contingent on regular school attendance and satisfactory progress improving completion rates in the uruguayan education system also requires improving the supply of educational services at the secondary level to make them more relevant for the interests and characteristics of students this calls for strategies to improve student transitions across education levels namely the development of a common curriculum framework for all levels of school education