Open AccessSchool Dropout and Early School Leaving in Romania: Tendencies and Risk Factors
Author(s) -
Simona Alexa,
Elena-Loreni Baciu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista românească pentru educaţie multidimensională
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2067-9270
pISSN - 2066-7329
DOI - 10.18662/rrem/13.2/408
Subject(s) - documentation , dropout (neural networks) , school dropout , process (computing) , political science , public relations , medical education , psychology , business , pedagogy , economic growth , sociology , medicine , computer science , economics , socioeconomics , machine learning , programming language , operating system
Improving participation rates in education and reducing the number of persons wholeave the educational system prematurely has increasingly become a concern for nationalgovernments and international organizations all over the world. The current paper is theresult of the documentation process for a doctoral research project on school dropout(SD) and early school leaving (ESL) in Romania and the appropriate measures that couldeffectively tackle these negative phenomena. Based on information compiled from periodicreports issued by the relevant authorities, we present the evolution of the twophenomena in Romania, within the last decade. The most extended section of the articleis dedicated to a review of the risk factors that have been associated with SD and ESL,based on the theoretical works, research findings and relevant policies consulted duringthe documentation stage. In the final section of the article, we systematize therelevant aspects resulted from the documentation process and outline the improvementsthat would benefit future studies aimed at identifying effective solutions to reduce SDand ESL. The current paper may be of use to other researchers, when setting up thedesign of a study concerned with SD and ESL.