As the country’s schools switched to online learning last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, they cited several reasons for the cause, among them, a lack of interest due to the limitations to their learning process brought about by the pandemic.
While there may be family issues dominating the decision to drop out, she said dropping out of school may become a societal problem.She said the community should come together to assist these families, either in the form of healthcare or earning capacity, which is usually the reason behind children dropping out of school.
It defined dropouts from the education system as situations whereby a student exited the system before completing schooling or the period of education. Educationist Mak Chee Kin said the authorities need to find out the actual reasons because “every dropout is a cause of concern”.Among the problems faced by the students included poor or no Internet connection and no learning gadgets to facilitate online learning.