شبكة المعلومات العربية التربوية

The present study attempt to search and investigate the relationship between the phenomenon of poverty and school dropouts among children in Algeria, as poverty as a social phenomenon carries all the meanings of deprivation and pain, as the spread of the phenomenon has serious consequences and negative effects on the individual, the family and society. In the midst of the crises that the country is going through, exotic scourges have surfaced that are alien to the society strange about the Algerian family, which the main source is a poverty, that she was exhausted and deepened her wounds, such as school dropout which reached alarming rates, therefore we must ring the bell to limit their spread and warn against them as a negative phenomenon that immerse the social fabric in ignorance and illiteracy, also it impedes the development of society and the prosperity of the country's economy. From this point, interest of us to complement this subject, we have tried to review a field study. A case study approach was endorsed to study the society of some poor families; the sample was selected intentionally and had included seventeen (17) families, we were able to collect data using the two techniques of observation and interview as appropriate tools to this kind of studies. In an attempt to answer the central question: “Does poverty contribute to high school dropout rates?”. After discussion and analysis, the study concluded that poverty as a social phenomenon affects children and forces them to leave school, thus increasing the dropout rate, through the orientation of children in employment because of neglect of their needs. Also not to entertain them and not to exploit their time leads them to mingle with bad friends, so the role played by the harsh conditions and the lack of means to lose focus on the child. (Published abstract)