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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2025): Pedagogy as a science between theory and empiricism

Causes and solutions of school dropout in Campania: The determinants of the opinions of students and teachers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3280/ess1-2025oa19278
Submitted
gennaio 29, 2025
Published
2025-06-26

Abstract

The analysis described in this paper aims to identify the causes and possible solutions of school dropout in Campania and to estimate the factors that can influence the opinions of students and teachers. The tool used is an econometric model that is well suited to processing questionnaire data and that represents, based on what has been detected, a useful and effective approach also in the educational field. The results show that these opinions depend in a statistically significant way on factors such as gender, age, school location, parents’ educational qualification, motivations for attending school, as well as, in the case of teachers, on the years of teaching and their more or less active role in relation to the phenomenon. The main implication of this study is that the intervention programs aimed at reducing school dropout should be calibrated taking into due consideration the above factors, to accommodate within them the expectations and point of view of the main actors of the educational system.

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