Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education context

The process and strategy to prevent children from dropping out of school has been carried out systematically in Indonesia. However, when it comes to the strategy for children returning to school still have difficulties, as well as several obstacles and dilemmas to requites the right strategy. The pu...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ila Rosmilawati, Moh Fikri Tanzil Mutaqin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Therapy (IICET) 2024-06-01
Series:JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)
Subjects:
Online Access:https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jppi/article/view/4055
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1832584630435315712
author Ila Rosmilawati
Moh Fikri Tanzil Mutaqin
author_facet Ila Rosmilawati
Moh Fikri Tanzil Mutaqin
author_sort Ila Rosmilawati
collection DOAJ
description The process and strategy to prevent children from dropping out of school has been carried out systematically in Indonesia. However, when it comes to the strategy for children returning to school still have difficulties, as well as several obstacles and dilemmas to requites the right strategy. The purpose of this study is to examined the strategies of eradicating out-of-school children and the best practices of alternative schools to provide inclusive and free education  Qualitative methods were chosen in the research process, primary data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions (FGD) with 28 informants, includes policy makers, principals, teachers and students. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings show that a strong decentralized policy is needed to eradicating OOSC. Furthermore, alternative school plays a role in providing open classes for OOSC with unique characteristics. Good practices of OOSC handling and prevention strategies by alternative school can strengthen the roadmap of OOSC governance and handling strategies at the district level. The implication of this study is that the government, academics, society, and the media need to works together so it can enabling children who have dropped out of school to return to school with awareness.
format Article
id doaj-art-fdc01d2d90a145dc93f26cafcefd7ab9
institution Kabale University
issn 2477-8524
2502-8103
language English
publishDate 2024-06-01
publisher Indonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Therapy (IICET)
record_format Article
series JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)
spelling doaj-art-fdc01d2d90a145dc93f26cafcefd7ab92025-01-27T12:35:02ZengIndonesian Institute for Counseling, Education and Therapy (IICET)JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)2477-85242502-81032024-06-0110236437610.29210/0202440552031Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education contextIla Rosmilawati0Moh Fikri Tanzil Mutaqin1Universitas Sultan Ageng TirtayasaUniversitas Bina BangsaThe process and strategy to prevent children from dropping out of school has been carried out systematically in Indonesia. However, when it comes to the strategy for children returning to school still have difficulties, as well as several obstacles and dilemmas to requites the right strategy. The purpose of this study is to examined the strategies of eradicating out-of-school children and the best practices of alternative schools to provide inclusive and free education  Qualitative methods were chosen in the research process, primary data collection was carried out through in-depth interviews and focus group discussions (FGD) with 28 informants, includes policy makers, principals, teachers and students. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings show that a strong decentralized policy is needed to eradicating OOSC. Furthermore, alternative school plays a role in providing open classes for OOSC with unique characteristics. Good practices of OOSC handling and prevention strategies by alternative school can strengthen the roadmap of OOSC governance and handling strategies at the district level. The implication of this study is that the government, academics, society, and the media need to works together so it can enabling children who have dropped out of school to return to school with awareness.https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jppi/article/view/4055alternative schooldropping out out-of-school childrenreturning to schoolreenrollment campaign
spellingShingle Ila Rosmilawati
Moh Fikri Tanzil Mutaqin
Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education context
JPPI (Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan Indonesia)
alternative school
dropping out out-of-school children
returning to school
reenrollment campaign
title Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education context
title_full Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education context
title_fullStr Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education context
title_full_unstemmed Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education context
title_short Eradicating out-of-school-children: strategies and best practices from alternative education context
title_sort eradicating out of school children strategies and best practices from alternative education context
topic alternative school
dropping out out-of-school children
returning to school
reenrollment campaign
url https://jurnal.iicet.org/index.php/jppi/article/view/4055
work_keys_str_mv AT ilarosmilawati eradicatingoutofschoolchildrenstrategiesandbestpracticesfromalternativeeducationcontext
AT mohfikritanzilmutaqin eradicatingoutofschoolchildrenstrategiesandbestpracticesfromalternativeeducationcontext