Keciciran Pelajar India Sekolah Menengah di Selangor: Kesan Terhadap Pelajar, Keluarga, Masyarakat dan Kerajaan serta Cadangan Penyelesaian
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The education field is an important platform for producing a knowledgeable society and providing quality manpower in a country. However, this study found that student dropouts, especially from secondary schools in Malaysia, can worsen the country’s socioeconomic situation, and this issue should be studied to assess the quality of the country’s education. Therefore, this study aims to identify the effects faced by students, students’ families, society and the government in the short and long term. This qualitative study was conducted by interviewing 40 Indian dropout students from secondary schools, selected as the study sample in Selangor through purposive sampling. The findings of this qualitative study are presented appropriately through three stages such as categorising and organising the data in the analysis table and quotes; triangulation and data encoding techniques; and identifying themes to give meaning to school dropout issues. The study’s findings are presented in the narrative structure. Studies have found that dropout issues among students cause them to engage in low-income employment, social ills and criminal and juvenile cases that pose a threat to social well-being. Therefore, the study of the effects of student dropouts is important to highlight. This study also emphasises potential measures as a strategy to prevent school dropout issues. It is to prevent at-risk students from being present in the school learning system.
Bidang pendidikan merupakan landasan penting untuk melahirkan golongan masyarakat berilmu dan sumber tenaga kerja berkualiti dalam sesebuah negara. Namun, kajian ini mendapati masalah keciciran pelajar terutamanya dari sekolah-sekolah menengah di Malaysia boleh menggugat keadaan sosioekonomi negara dan isu ini harus dikaji untuk meneliti keberhasilan kualiti pendidikan negara. Justeru, kajian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti kesan-kesan yang dihadapi oleh diri pelajar, keluarga pelajar, masyarakat dan kerajaan dalam jangka masa pendek dan panjang. Kajian kualitatif ini dijalankan dengan menemu bual seramai 40 orang pelajar India yang tercicir dari sekolah menengah yang dipilih sebagai sampel kajian di Selangor berdasarkan persampelan secara bertujuan. Dapatan kajian ini disampaikan dengan wajar melalui tiga peringkat seperti mengkategorikan dan mengatur data dalam jadual analisis dan petikan, teknik triangulasi dan pengekodan data, dan mengenal pasti tema untuk memberi makna mengenai isu keciciran pelajar sekolah. Dapatan kajian dibentangkan dalam penyusunan naratif. Kajian mendapati isu keciciran dalam kalangan pelajar menyebabkan remaja tersebut terlibat dalam pekerjaan berpendapatan rendah, gejala-gejala sosial, dan kes-kes jenayah dan juvana yang menjadi ancaman kepada kesejahteraan sosial. Oleh itu, penelitian kesan-kesan keciciran pelajar adalah penting untuk diketengahkan. Kajian ini juga menekankan langkah-langkah berpotensi sebagai mekanisme pencegahan isu keciciran pelajar untuk mengelakkan kemunculan pelajar berisiko dalam sistem pembelajaran sekolah.
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