Student Dropout In School

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The lack of educational support from school contribute to students failure and stands against student's productivity.
In addition, while students are suffering from the unqualified educational staff at school, most of their parents are uneducated and didn't have the sufficient awareness to follow their children educational progress.
These unsupported environments lead student to drop out and stop enrolling in school. (Sara B, 2008)

• Social family and economic issues:
According to Al-Bayan (2013), There is no doubt that family plays an important role in motivating children to enroll in the educational field .It’s the cultivator of the primary values. So that can direct him either for education or isolate him from the value of being educated. …show more content…

From this point we can say that dropout leads to loss of human potential that builds up community and causes its progress
In addition student that leaves school often faces problem with his family and his surroundings .He is considered as minority for his colleagues .For this reason, he becomes isolated, anxious and deviates his behaviors as well.(Wabama,2011)
Child labor:
There is high percentage of child labor among dropouts .Children are working instead of being engaged in learning process. Children are considered source of income .Thus after leaving school and sometimes under pressure, children participate in working for many hours for a salary that does not exceed 100 $.We see in Fig.2 how a child is working instead of being in school .
Suzanne Jabbour, president of FISTA organization states "Fares has thirteen years old, he works in a shop and earns only 100$ per month. He arrives early and leaves at night .His task are clean the shop, help the customers and bring coffee."
Fares said that he is lucky to have 100$ as income per month. He declares that their friends earn only 80 Lebanese …show more content…

Civil organization should help poor families to cover tuition expenses of school, raise awareness about the importance of education nowadays and provide after school program to support children and encourage them to study.`
Conclusion:
School dropout is a major issue that threats social life and ruins student's future.
The causes and factors that lead to school dropout are numerous. In order to prevent this issue many steps should be done .School, government and civil organization should put all their efforts to reach their common goals .They should cooperate to reduce the rate of drop out and plan for many program that support student life.(Rania,2013)
In order to prevent school dropout, several steps should be apply .it's not only the responsibilities of family, but also it should be considered as a real problem by government and school itself in order to limit it and reduce its effect

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