Causes of School Truancy

 Truancy is the act of deliberately missing one or more classes. This phenomenon has numerous reasons. First, socio-economic problems cause students to miss classes. That is to say, when parents cannot afford to buy school materials or pay school fees, students will certainly ditch classes. Also, some students may skip classes because of school phobia or fear. This means that when students find it difficult to get along with teachers, students and school staff they are bound to be absent from school. Besides, bad grades affect students negatively and impact their attitude towards school. So, they sluff school when they find themselves lagging behind their classmates. In addition, bad company may lead to school truancy. To put it differently, bad friends do not encourage students to take their studies seriously. On the contrary, they teach them how to drink, smoke, prostitute and so on. As the proverb says, “birds of a feather go together”. Finally yet importantly, bullying can lead to truancy. Bullies may use force, threats, and intimidation to hurt, scare and overpower vulnerable students and thus make them stop going to school. Therefore, it is parents’, teachers’, and school administrators’ responsibility to work together to minimize the rate of school truancy.   

Email about the causes of school drop-out

Dear Jack,
Thank you for your last email in which you asked me to tell you the causes of school drop-out in my country.
First, there is poverty: when poor parents cannot afford for their children to be educated, these are left with no choice but to drop out . Second, some teachers ill-treat students which causes them to hate school and teachers and thus leave school. Third , the infrastructure - the roads, the classrooms, boarding schools and electricity - is very poor in most regions of the country and does not help students to access education. Ultimately, parents ignorance is another significant obstacle: some parents think education is a waste of time and believe it’s better for kids to help at home or in the fields.
So, the government, parents, teachers and the civil society should all cooperate to solve the problem of school drop out.
Your friend,
Souad