The Attitude of the Continuous Education of School Dropouts; Study Done in Modara and Mattakkuliya Areas of Sri Lanka.
- January 24, 2022
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue I, January 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186
Solangaarachchi T. G. K
Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Dalugama, Sri Lanka
Abstract: This sociological study is done based on Children who are considered to be the School Dropouts of Adolescents in Urban area of Colombo, Sri Lanka. These Children live under the care of their Parents, grandparents, and with other care givers. The school dropouts in the Urban area of Colombo are found to be the victims of a society which is corrupted strongly due to Socio-Economic factors. The main objective of this Research article is to look into the main causes for students to dropout halfway of their schooling. The primary and secondary data were collected by providing questioners, interviews, and observations using accepted data collecting methods. The collected data are presented using most suited methods to analyze data by charts, tables and descriptive methods. The Parents, Teachers and Key Informants are being questioned as to why the percentage of School dropouts in this area is high and vulnerable. In order to achieve this objective, the questionners have been used particularly with School Dropouts and with their Parents further conduct interviews with Teachers and Key-Informants.
Keywords: Adolescent, Dropout, Impact, Family, Society.
I.INTRODUCTION
Education fosters personal development and self-fulfillment. It encourages the individual to develop his mental, physical, emotional and spiritual talents to the full. Understandably, the word Education derives from the Latin word e-ducere, which means to lead out. In advance industrial societies Education is provided by the state as a matter of right for all its citizens. Formal institutions, schools, Colleges and universities are organized for this purpose. (M. Haralambos with R. M. Heald, 2011, P.172). The technical understanding in other words is to transmit the stored knowledge, values and skill from one generation to another. The Global publication of human rights and the act of child rights state that the education is a universal human need. This is also a very powerful human right including freedom and democracy. They are staffed by fulltime professional practitioners, Teachers and Lecturers. Attendance at schools is compulsory; it is upheld by legal sanctions. Education is provided free of charge, though ultimately it is paid for by the tax payer. Although free compulsory state Education is largely taken for granted today and regarded as a perfectly normal and natural state of affairs, it is important to remember that it is a very recent development in the history of man.
The word education has a complex meaning in a broader sense. Further, Education is always on the development process with new adoptions in any country. (Reddy, 1979). Education for human beings and animals has a different meaning. That means, the human beings could be educated always while animals are being trained. French sociologist Emile Durkheim saw the major function of education as the transmission of Society’s norms and values. He maintained that “Society can survive only if there exists among its members a sufficient degree of homogeneity;
