Teacher’s Perception on Primary School Student's Dropout Risk

Abstract

Slow learners and dropout are the main concern of education system around the world. With the increases of dropout rate among students especially slow learners, the education system such as education and research institute are working to find the explore the factors of  increasing dropout cases. The research aimed to find out the indicator of school dropouts among slow learners based on the teachers’ perspectives. The research was conducted using qualitative approach, phenomenological design as interview. The interview questions were prepared with protocol. The total 10 primary school teachers meeting the inclusive criteria participated in the research. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the results. The results illustrated that the indicators of school dropout are divided into the categories of emotions, behavioral and social aspects which included the students, family and teachers. The findings of the study were similar to the previous study, in which the researcher found that tendency of school dropout was higher among students who had emotional, behavioral and social problems. Further this study can lead to develop the framework to prepare the intervention plans to reduce school dropout risk among primary students.