Comprehensive Factor Analysis of Repetition and Dropout in Basic Education of the Developing Countries

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730705
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Naruto University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Ishizaka Hiroki 鳴門教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 准教授 (20537493)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 留年・退学 / 不登校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to consider a new possibility of educational policy for alleviating repetition and dropout, by analyzing comprehensive and simultaneously three areas of factor such as students, family and school. This study collects data and documents related to the issue, carries out questionnaire survey, interview and school observations. The target countries were Costa Rica, Honduras, Philippines, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Rwanda and Laos. According to the findings of study, there is a possibility that, no matter how indirect, factors for school avoidance, repetition, dropout were payment of tuition fee, issues around school such as anxiety about learning, stress, reliability to parents, classmates and teachers. Even though there confirmed some differences among the target countries, similar tendencies were detected there.

Free Research Field

教育政策