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Causes

Working in family shops

Children sometimes don’t see the point of continuing with their studies while they have the option of working in their family business. They find working in shops run by family members as more useful and benefitting in comparison to six to seven hours of schooling. It becomes their perfect reason to let go of school

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Delinquency

This is a harsh truth of life. The big bad world out there has several things to offer undoubtedly. Children in their teens, as school students are not well aware of the various facets of the world. They get fascinated by the fancy things that life seems to offer. But every short-cut taken to acquire all those fanciful things is a step ahead towards delinquency. Sometimes willingly and sometimes unknowingly they get caught in its web. Once caught, it becomes impossible to get out of it.

"The lives of under privileged students remain unexplored forever"

ack of interest

It is sually found that every class of students has some of those pupils who refuse to show any attention to the subjects being taught. Their lack of interest is caused by their lack of attention in whatever is being taught. It is not that such students do not try. They do try as and when they are forced and pressurized to. But, we very well know harsh persuasive techniques do not last long, they give in after a while. It is then that these students prefer going the other way. They prefer dropping out of their school because once and for all they decide that whatever is being taught there barely intrigues them. Thus they decide to suit themselves

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5 Major Causes

of high drop out rates in government schools

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