DOI: 10.36344/ccijhss.2019.v06i06.006

Pages: 85-91

This study aims to find the factors and dominant factors causing drop out in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The data collection used in-depth interviews and data analysis used an interactive model. The factors identified causing dropout are; laziness, poor motivation of children to go to school, negative perceptions about their cognitive abilities and their parents to pay fees, weak family economic, lack of motivation and guidance of parents, pessimistic towards the sustainability of children's education, weak parents' expectations in education, weak parents' expectations to the future of children, weak parents' attention to children's education, neglect of children, association with peers who are not in school, and gender-biased in culture. From these factors, the dominant factors are the poor motivation of children to go to school, gender-biased in cultures, lack of parents' expectations in education, weak parents' expectations of their children's future, and neglect of children.