The reasons for the absence of high primary stage Students from the school from the perspective of parents in Jordan

Abstract

The aim of this study was to identify the reasons for the absence of the high primary stage students about the school from the perspective of parents in the province of Balqa, the Southern Shouneh Brigade, and to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was prepared consisting of (34) paragraphs distributed over three axes: the first axis: deals with school reasons, and consists of (12) paragraphs, axis second: deals with social reasons (family), and consists of (12) paragraphs, the third axis: deals with the reasons related to the student, and consists of (10) paragraphs, the study community was represented In the group of parents the public schools affiliated to the directorates of education in the Southern Shouneh Brigade and number them (100) they were selected by random method in the second semester 2018/ 2019, In order to achieve the objectives of the study the researcher used the descriptive analytical method, The study has reached a number of results, the most important of which is that the field of reasons (social, family)it was ranked first (3.78) and relative weight (75.6) this illustrates the family problems greatly affect the student's absence from school, the reasons related to the student ranked second with an average (3.75) and a relative weight (75). As for school reasons, it ranked third with an average (3.64) and a relative weight (72.8).while the overall result confirmed that all causes affect the student's absence from school significantly. In light of the results, the researcher made several recommendations.