The Phenomenon of Students Dropping Out of Public School in Aqaba Governorate

Abstract

The phenomenon of school dropout exists in all countries. An educational reality cannot be devoid of this phenomenon, but it varies in its severity and exacerbation from one society to another, and from one school stage to another, and from one region to another. It is also impossible for any educational system to completely get rid of them, regardless of their effectiveness or development. This means that it is the percentage and severity of its presence that determines its severity. The current study aimed to find out the reasons for students dropping out of government schools in Aqaba Governorate, for the year (2021-2022), the total number of public schools is (82) public schools, and to know the ways to treat this bad phenomenon that is reflected in a negative image on the students themselves and on the entire community .In this study, the researcher distributed questionnaires to parents of dropout students and to school principals, in which the total number of questionnaires reached (82) questionnaires divided into (30) questionnaires for parents, and (52) questionnaires for school principals at random .The five-point Likert scale was adopted to correct the study tools, by giving each of its paragraphs one degree out of its five degrees (to a very large degree, to a large degree, to a moderate degree, to a small degree, to a very low degree) and it is represented numerically (5, 4, 3, 2, 1) respectively, the following scale has been adopted for the purposes of analyzing the results:(From 1.00 to 2.33 Low)،(From 2.34 to 3.67 average))،From 3.68 to 5.00 large( . The scale was calculated by using the following equation: (The upper limit of the scale (5) - the lower limit of the scale (1) / The number of required categories (3) =(5-1)/3 =1.33. And then add the answer (1.33) to the end of each category.

Keywords: school dropout, the educational role, parents, society.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-19-02

Publication date:June 30^th 2022