The Development of Preventing and Monitoring Guidelines of Student Dropout in Schools under Samutprakan Primary Educational Service Area Office 1

Abstract

ABSTRACT Student dropout has been a serious problem for schools which has been becoming more serious due tothe COVID-19 situation. This study aimed to survey student dropout causes and create preventing andmonitoring guidelines for student dropout in schools under the Samutprakan Primary Educational ServiceArea Office 1, Thailand. Purposive sampling was applied for participants consisting of educationaladministrators, officers, and stakeholders in 5 schools. Descriptive statistics and content analysis wereused for data analysis. The results concluded that there were 11 causes of children dropout 1) familynecessity 2) migration 3) insufficient income 4) health problems or disabilities 5) behavior andadaptation problems, 6) impact of COVID-19, 7) the risk of wrongdoing, 8) inconvenienttransportation, 9) marriage, 10) academic performance, and 11) parents' inattention. The preventing and monitoring guidelines of student dropout involved 5 parties, namely 1) EducationalService Area Office 2) School Directors 3) Teachers and Educational personnel, 4) Family and 5)Cooperation networks. All parties should join in the following actions: 1) Raising awareness 2)Formulating an action plan 3) Implementing the plan 4) Getting to know students, and families 5)Applying digital technology 6) Organizing information systems 7) Connecting information 8) Passingon information 9) Network creation 10) Budget allocation 11) Brainstorming 12) Flexibility ofEducation and Individual Program 13) Improving guidance learning 14) Developing studentadmissions system 15) Promoting the student support system 16 ) Assessing child risks, 17) Mobilizingresources and 18) Developing a supervision system.