Factors Influencing High Dropout Rates Among Vocational High School Students in Janapria District, Central Lombok Regency

Equitable distribution and improvement in the quality of education are expected to help citizens develop life skills to recognize and address personal and environmental problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the factors causing vocational school-aged children to drop out of school in Janapria District, Central Lombok Regency. This study used a qualitative approach with a case study method conducted in Janapria District, Central Lombok Regency. Data collection techniques utilized observation, interviews, and documentation. The results showed that the factors causing children to drop out of school in Janapria District are both internal and external. Internal factors include low interest in learning due to a preference for working to help parents. Meanwhile, external factors include difficult family economic conditions that force children to work, the influence of promiscuity, and lack of family attention. Based on research into the factors causing children to drop out of school in Janapria District, Central Lombok Regency, it was found that family economic difficulties are the main factor, where children are forced to work to support the family economy. Other factors include an unsupportive social environment and low interest in learning.