"Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity".
Education is the key to the development in any area of an individual's life and to pertain to all-important aspects. I seem to believe that the mind of today's generation are from all aspects, no less creative than those of Einstein, or for that matter, any person who we might look up to for their intelligence or creativity. Then why is the drop out rate in high schools so high? Why do the students dropout? Poverty, lack of parental guidance, or is it the rebellion factor? .
Personal problems affecting students seem to be the main cause for students to drop out of high school. The presence of a child seems to be the main personal problem facing dropout students, especially in women. Nearly half of the dropout's students, both male and female, have children or are expecting one. Marriage is another great personal factor that affects the dropout rate. Marriage is a very stressful factor for any student. This stress could and does send many students to the point where they have too much to deal with. School becomes a second priority and is often discarded to lighten the load married couples deal with. Most of the dropouts are married. Jobs also increase the percentage of students dropping out of school. .
Another personal aspect for dropping out from school is teenage pregnancy. Pregnancy at an early age causes instability and disillusion in life and consequently shattering of dreams. Teenage mothers cannot handle a child and school simultaneously, so they drop school and take up a job to support the child. There are many programs being run by the government to decrease the rate of high school dropout in teenage mothers. I do not think that they are as efficient as they should be, and the drop out rate constantly increases. In spite of .
Dropping out of high school is one of the common issues faced by many teens today.