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 to
the COVID-19 situation. This study aimed to survey student dropout causes and create preventing and
monitoring guidelines for student dropout in schools under the Samutprakan Primary Educational Service
Area Office 1, Thailand. Purposive sampling was applied for participants consisting of educational
administrators, officers, and stakeholders in 5 schools. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were
used for data analysis. The results concluded that there were 11 causes of children dropout 1) family
necessity 2) migration 3) insufficient income 4) health problems or disabilities 5) behavior and
adaptation problems, 6) impact of COVID-19, 7) the risk of wrongdoing, 8) inconvenient
transportation, 9) marriage, 10) academic performance, and 11) parents' inattention.
The preventing and monitoring guidelines of student dropout involved 5 parties, namely 1) Educational
Service 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) Passing
on information 9) Network creation 10) Budget allocation 11) Brainstorming 12) Flexibility of
Education and Individual Program 13) Improving guidance learning 14) Developing student
admissions system 15) Promoting the student support system 16 ) Assessing child risks, 17) Mobilizing
resources and 18) Developing a supervision system.