Reconstruction of School Dropout Handling in Community: Motivating Farmer Parents Through Collaborative Education in Indonesian Elementary Schools

Abstract

Identifying the needs of children and parents is the main focus of an early warning system for dropout risk. In the context of children at primary and secondary school levels, the fulfilment of parents' physiological needs is a major factor in children dropping out of school. So far, physiological needs have been synonymous with feeding, drinking and free schooling programmes, but rarely do physiological needs result in a relevant education process at school. The aim of this study was to identify forms and patterns of physiological needs of parents, to then formulate an education process of school dropout. A qualitative meta-analysis approach was used to re-synthesize research findings regarding the physiological needs of farmer parents and the education process on the risk of dropping out of school. It was found that there was a modified form of school motivation, through the needs of children's learning partners and the fulfillment of agricultural competencies as the physiological motivation of farmer parents, which is a pattern of fulfilling the physiological needs of farmer parents at school. Findings regarding school dropout risk education using forms of collaborative management implementation (formal, informal, and non-formal). The research findings recommend the PERS management model in implementing school dropout risk education.