Exploration Study of Factors Caused Out of School Rate, Impact, and Strategies to Overcome Them

The aims of the research was to explore the causes, impact, and strategies of students’ dropout in the primary school in Kebumen District. This research is a mixed methods research. The sampling technique used purposive sampling technique with a total sample of 144 students dropping out of school. Data collection techniques used questionnaires, observations, interviews, focus group discussions (FGD), and documentation. The results of the study show that: 1) The most dominant factors in influencing children dropping out of school are economic factors; 2) These factors are; economic status, low thinking ability, broken home, culture, and zonasi system; 3) The impact that occurs when children drop out of school is difficulty finding work, entering the "Kid Punk" group, getting married at a young age and getting a low family income, increasing unemployment, and disturbing the community; 4) These strategy to deal with dropouts is to add places and non-formal education managers to pursue package A in remote locations/villages, add inclusion of schools, especially for regions remote areas, a zoning system for new student admissions in order to prioritize the environment closest to the education unit, and the involvement of parents and the community in the importance of children's education