Determining Factors of School Dropout and Expectations of Students Attending Alternative Schools
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School dropout, education in Chile, middle education, alternative education, school performanceAbstract
Chile has a Second Chance Centers system that offers traditional school dropouts between 14 and 18 years old the opportunity to complete their studies. This article has a twofold objective: on the one hand, to relate the characteristics of the students of these centers and their families with their history of school failure (grade repetition); on the other, to establish the relationship between the students’ future expectations and a set of characterizing variables, including the history of school failure. For data collection, we surveyed 1112 students selected from 18 of the 134 Second Chance Centers in Chile. We concluded that relatively few personal and family variables are significantly linked to school failure and grade repetition. Thus, there would not be a fixed set of traits to clearly distinguish students who have repeated a grade once from those who report several grade repetitions. Moreover, the analysis of the experiences reveals some significant differences between men and women in that the latter seem more concerned about their future, specifically their employment and educational possibilities.
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