School dropout and impacts: research based on the Bollivorian village in Sainthamaruthu divisional secretariat division

Abstract

School dropout is an issue threatening the world today. With the growing number of school dropouts in countries like the developing world of Sri Lanka, it has created fears that it will ruin the country's prosperity and the future of the children. In this regard, it is possible to observe that the school dropout has been taking place in recent times in the Bolivorian village of Sainthamaruthu Divisional Secretariat. There are lot of resons for school dropout in this area such as Parents' illiteracy, carelessness of teachers, parental abroad, lack of income, divorce, sending children to job, lack of school equipments. Children are educationally, psychologically and socially influenced by school dropouts. Their impacts have affected many of the children's educational activities, psychosocial development and personality development. In this way, it is aimed to identifying the factors of school dropouts, identifying solutions and providing recommendations for reducing school dropoutss in the future. I have used a sample method to collect information in this research. For this purpose, 30 students, their families and 10 teachers from the school were taken for research in the Divisional Secretariat Division. The information was obtained from the teachers for the status of the students' education level. Furthermore, students' progress reports were also used for research. Secondary were books, magazines, articles, magazines, internet and electronic media. As a result of this, the education sector of the region is heavily affected due to the increase in school dropouts in recent years in Bollivarian village at Sainthamaruthu Divisional Secretariat Division. Therefore, the study examines the causes of the school interventions in the area and makes it clear to the public about the steps to be taken to diagnose and reduce the solutions.