Analysis of the Cause Dropping Out School Children at The Primary School Age at Marga Kaya Village

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186

Analysis of the Cause Dropping Out School Children at The Primary School Age at Marga Kaya Village

Putri Chairia, Risma. M. Sinaga, Erlina Rufaidah
Master of Social Science Education, FKIP Universitas Lampung, Indonesia

Abstract:- Education in Indonesia is the main element to develop Indonesian people. One of Education problem that happens in Indonesia is there are many children in primary school age who drop out of school. We can find it in Marga Kaya Village, Jati Agung sub-district. In this village, there are many children who drop out of primary school age. The objective of this research is to find out and analyze the causes of dropping out primary school age children, in Marga Kaya Village, Jati Agung District. This research is a type of descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, interviews, observation and documentation and data analysis used in this study is a descriptive analysis of the percentage. The research subjects were 30 children who had dropped out of school in Marga Kaya Village. The results showed that there were several factors that made many school age children dropped out of school, (1) internal factors those were low interest and children’s willingness to go to school and schools were unattractive, (2) external factors those were low family income, parents’ background education, socio- cultural factors and environment.

Keywords: primary school, 9 years education, causal factor, dropout

I. INTRODUCTION

Education is a very important element because we know that education is the main process in the progress of a civilization to ensure the survival of a nation. Likewise education in Indonesia is a major element in the development of Indonesian people as a whole (Imas, 2014). Therefore education must be oriented on how creating a better change, moreover education must be developed systematically. Education as aa human activity in its life also become goals to be achieved. The idea or goals achieved must be clearly stated, so that all the education implementation and goals are proper to the process of educational activities. If you there is no a clear goal, the process will be in vain. Because those goals cannot be achieved at once, therefore it needs some stages implemented.

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