ISSN: 1308-6200 | Publisher: Kültür Ajans 

Karadeniz International Scientific Journal

This is an internationally refereed social science journal that is published every three months (quarterly) in electronic-based and print-based since 2009. The journal publishes four issues each year (March, June, September, and December).

The publication language of this journal is Turkish, English, or Russian.

This is an open-access journal. Therefore, all issues and articles published so far can be accessed free of charge from the journal's website.

 

Issue 60
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REASONS FOR FEMALE STUDENT DROPOUTS FROM HIGH SCHOOLS AND SOLUTION SUGGESTIONS

Mehmet TEYFUR

Emine TEYFUR

Education is a lifelong process and people need it in every period of life. The development of societies depends on the quality of their educated manpower. Women’s education has particular importance for a well-functioning society. Girls’ attendance at secondary education will create their demand for higher education. In this context, girls’ school dropout is important for the education system and for families as important elements of the system. Ağrı is a settlement where traditional lifestyle, customs and religion are very strong in social life. However, according to Turkish Statistical Institute data, Ağrı is among the most underdeveloped cities of Turkey in terms of many indicators. One of the important dynamics of social life is girls. It is considered that why these girls abandon the education process is not only a problem for Ağrı but also an important problem for Turkey. The purpose of the present paper was to determine the reasons for female students leaving schools and the solution suggestions according to the opinions of school principals. The study was conducted based on the Phenomenology Design, which is one of the qualitative research designs. The data collected with the interview forms were analyzed by using the Content Analysis Method. The study group consisted of 42 school principals in Ağrı. According to the findings, school administrators mentioned socio-cultural factors as the reason for girls dropping out of schools with a value of 45.6%, 89% stated the traditional family structure, 84% stated that the family’s perception of school had changed, 80% stated that the reason for the dropouts was socio-cultural factors, 95% indicated open education opportunities, and 95% indicated inexperienced teacher behaviors. As a solution, 100% of the administrators recommended to hold parent-teacher meetings to prevent female students from dropping out of school.

Keywords: Reasons for girls dropping out of school, girls’ adolescence problems, education of girls in high schools, problems of early marriage of girls, problems that stem from the educational settings, problems of girls’ family environment, dropout problems caused by high school principals

 

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