School dropout occurs when a student stops attending class and therefore leaves the educational system.
School dropout is a concept used to refer to those students who stop attending class and are left out of the educational system . Desertion is the action of deserting: this implies abandoning obligations and separating from the gatherings that one used to frequent. The word school , for its part, refers to that which belongs to or is related to the student or the school.
Specialists from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have considered that poverty (with children who are malnourished or must go out to work), exclusion and the poor capacity of schools to provide support are the main causes of school dropout.
Another cause that can be mentioned, especially in rural areas or areas far from large cities, is distance . Many times, children must travel several kilometers to get to the educational center, which makes it difficult for them to attend class regularly.
School dropouts and families
The family is the one that exerts a key weight when it comes to a school-age child carrying out the aforementioned dropout. And the fact that he stops attending class is often related to the characteristics of his environment. Thus, when the child has few economic resources, does not have a fixed residence and also the parents do not have academic training, the factors arise for the child not to go to school.
However, this also occurs when, in addition to the aforementioned signs of identity, the minor does not find support for his education in his family, his parents do not show any interest in it, and also when his older siblings have dropped out of school. .
However, it is undeniable that this school dropout is significantly influenced by a series of factors that are relative to the child himself and that determine his lack of interest or motivation to go to class every day. Among those would be found, for example, that he has learning problems, that outside of the classroom he has to work and have adult responsibilities due to the situation that his own family is experiencing, that he has aggressive traits or that he has more interest in other things than in forming.
The family must accompany the student to avoid dropping out of school.
Statistics by country
According to 2007 statistics, for example, school dropouts in Argentina reach 8.54% of middle school students in the first years and then increase to 19.79% in the last three. School dropouts, therefore, affect 270,000 adolescents .
In the case of Spain , there are also areas in charge of controlling school dropouts, of seeking an individual solution for the minors who carry out the same, and of providing incentives to them and their families so that it does not happen again.
Repetition also has a significant impact on school dropouts . According to the same Argentine statistics, 10.38% of students repeat the first years of secondary school. The figure decreases to 7.58% in recent years, which shows the difficulty of adaptation after completing primary education.