“Education is not preparation for life;

education is life itself”” John Dewey

The UE has arranged five goals to be

realized, by the end of 2020, concerning occupation,

education, social integration and

reduction of poverty.

One of the most important points for us, young students , is to reduce early dropping out to 10% from the current

15%.

The scholastic dispersion has been for years a subject of debate in policies such as education and training

promoted by the UE. ESL (Early school leaving) is a social phenomenon and its

causes are not purely educational, but the quality of school education has a

strong impact on its incidence.

Many students fail to complete their schooling. This can cause serious

problems for individuals, their families and the country. We will examine the reasons

why students leave school early, and suggest some possible solutions.

We organized our work together because:

«Teamwork shares the tasks and increases the

success”

https://sites.google.com/site/solvedropouts

We also met our schoolpsychologist

http://www.quibblo.com/quiz/kk4OJUw/ERASMUSSOLVE-Questionario-per-gli-alunni

Meeting a psycholgist was fundamental to understand how an expert in this sector is

essential to solve the problems of the dropping out. She suggested cooperation between parents and school; in order to recognize difficulties and

activate new strategies to help pupils

We found in our research that, some guys has affermed these reasons for

the school’s drop out.I was kicked out or expelledPushed or pulled out of schoolFamily issues or problemsLost a family member or friend Financial issues and workTeacher and school problemsSchool enviroment Residential or school instabilityMental health issues I was bullied Physical or other medical problems I was a member of a gangI got pregnant/ gave birthI got into drugsI was held backNo one cared if I attendedI had to make money to support my familySchool wasn’t relevant to my lifeI became a caregiverI was boredI was failing too many classes

Percent of total dropouts:

By improving the quality of education in schools and the school system, all students

will be helped and, therefore, the risk of dropping-out will be

reduced.

https://sites.google.com/site/solvedropouts/

«Dropping out of high school is no longer an option. It’s not just quitting on yourself, it’s quitting on your country, and this country needs and values the talents of everyone»

-Barack Obama

«Education is the most powerful weapon which you

can use to change the world»

-Nelson Mandela

In 2010 Italy failed to achieve the “Lisbon

Strategy” goal to reduce the school drop-out rate to

10%. The economic crisis contributed to the increase of “NEET” (Not in Education, Employment or Training) rates: the 22,7% of

the whole population aged 15-29 doesn’t work and doesn’t

study.

An Italian student in three drops out state high school

without completing it.CAUSES :Feeling

inadequate Choosing plans

Too many changes

Stories of young people who said no. They, one day, decided not to attend anymore. There is a great number of students

in Italy, who continue to drop out, right after the years of compulsory school, and who, at the age of twenty, when

they are adults, find themselves empty-handed, feeling lost.

This is the situation in Italy, Calabria,

Reggio Calabria and our school:

Credits: Scuola in Chiaro

In Calabria 17% of pupils prematurely abandon school, stopping after getting

the middle school licence. Another alarming fact, is the one recorded in the

area of Locri, a Calabrian town where 165 pupils have had more than 50

absences in one year, going beyond the accepted limit.The problem that today there are still such persisting

levels of scholastic dispersion.

On evidence there are the results of contrast to early school

leaving, carried out in the school years 2013/2014 and 2014/2015

in the four Regions involved in the survey: Calabria, Campania,

Puglia and Sicily.  It has involved 828 schools and 51.116 students,

the most remarkable of which reveals that 94,5% of students

haven’t suspended school attendance and 88% have

passed successfully.

Accordint to a survey by Save the Children, Sicily and Sardinia have

clearly rates of scholastic dispersion superior to the Italian average; they are

followed in order by Campania, Calabria and Puglia

The situation of scholastic failure.

Early school leaving is often due to social unease: bulliying, violence, drugs,

deviant behaviour in general, etc.

Made with love by I.T.E. R. Piria