A PORTRAIT OF EDUCATION IN BOGOR (PKBM BAKTI NUSA): ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS, MORALS AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IN ADOLESCENT WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED SCHOOL DROPOUT

Abstract

The problem of children dropping out of school still needs to be studied further because many factors contribute to this phenomenon. This is because in Indonesia as many as 0,71 % of children drop out of elementary school, 6,49% drop out of Junior High School, 22,52% drop out of High School. The aim of this research is to identify characteristics, moral understanding, character development, and analyze the factors that cause children to drop out of school. This research uses mixed method quantitative and qualitative with in-depth interviews with teenagers who have dropped out of school aged 17 to 21 years old. The research results show that economic problems, weak moral foundations, and parental style are the reasons why teenagers drop out of school. Other results showed that the moral knowledge of out of school teenagers was in medium category, the moral feelings of 2 people were in the low category and the rest were in medium category. Regarding moral behavior, the majority are in the low category and the rest were in the medium category, it is hoped that the results of this research will be a reference for policy makers to reduce school drop out rates and increase the character and moral values of children in Indonesia.