Definitions for "Failures"
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in the e-textile e-efficiency tool, failures are understood in a broader sense, including disruption of operations, material or product defects, etc.
Number of students who were designated as "not passing" their grade and required to repeat that grade. Failures for grades one to three is calculated as the sum of failures in grades one, two, and three in a given year.