HIGH SCHOOL

DROPOUTS
(Questionnaire results)
«Let`s Break The Ice with School»
Jelgava District Correspondence School
Latvia
Year 2015
 Questionnaire information
Survey time – year 2014 December till year 2015 March
Respondents, that have leaved our school at that time – 7
5 of them Male
2 of them Female

All of them are dropt out of Jelgava District Correspondence school

3 of them previously studied at day shool
4 of them previously studied in our hool
 Why students drop out of the school

I need to work (financial problems)

I didn`t want to go

I need to support my family

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

In the last year how were you getting along in the
school?

Very good

Satisfacory

Good

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

 Recarding teachers and school before
living school
7

3
always
Never
2
Sometimes

0
I liked my I hade I learned a I had lots I like my I liked There There
teacher problems lot at of friends classes going to were were
with my school at school school fights social
teacher between activities
students at school
 How do you belive in getting a good
education?
7

3 Not important
Sometimes is important
very important
2

0
Having a Avoiding the Being a good Having a Supporting Bringing up
profession punishment citizer happy family children well
for not going marriage
to school
 Answers to questions : yes
• Did you study at home?
• Were your parents talking to your teacher about your scores?
• Had you had any problems,could you have talked to your
parents comfortably?
• Were your teacher talking to you about your classes?
• Were your school managers(principal,deputy principal) ever
talking to you?
• Did you talk to your teacher when you had problems
• Did your teacher know your name?
• Did you have library at school?
• Did you have friends around you, who didn't go to school?
 Answers to questions : no
• Was your family checking your scores?
• Was your family checking your class attendance?
• Was your family checking your homework?
• Were your parents attending parents' meeting?
• Were your teacher talking to your parents about your classes?
• Did you have a gym at school?
• Did you have paint lab at school?
• Did you have music lab at school?
 Evaluation of results
• Most of them live in the city and in one place
• All have at least one sibling and they all live together
• In every family all minor persons arn`t working
• 5 of respondents haven`t drop out of school, other 2 have drop
out for one year
• 5 of respondents was working wile they were going to school
• All desides by themselves to leave the school
• Students were attending school regularly
• Students lives near to school
• They use public transportation for commuting to school
• Students want to get High and Bachelor degree
 Recommendations
• School should find a solution in cases of student financial
problems
• Organize more social events and unification measures
• Hold more parent meetings to promote cooperation between
schools and parents
• school does not have a gym, art and music of the Cabinet, but
it should be addressed in recommending where to have the
opportunity to attend extra-curricular activities
• Our students are mostly adults, that`s why they are motivated
to get high school education, becouse they need it to get job
and also for farther studies
• We should put more emphasis on distance learning method
Thank you for attention!