SINERGIA LOCAL PARA CONTRIBUIR A LA REDUCCIÓN DEL ABANDONO ESCOLAR TEMPRANO. UNA EXPERIENCIA DE ÉXITO EN LA ETAPA DE EDUCACIÓN PRIMARIA

Abstract

Our society usually starts worrying about school failure and drop-out rates when they come to our attention as the result of the usual studies about secondary education, but we believe that the root of this problem lies in the primary education stage. Instead of just verifying the consequences of school failure when it is already too late, our town has decided to take action in the stages in which the problem originates, those of preschool and primary education. The communal work in the town of Atarfe has been based on the coordination and setting of clearly defined objectives. The school and the teachers have taken it upon themselves to try and reduce the drop-out rate. Not only does their inaction not avert this problem, but it contributes to it in a complicit and irresponsible way. The concrete measures that have been taken in the curricular, social and communal context reflect this decision to actively fight against the shameful drop-out and exclusion rates in our schools. We think that it is essential to implement these measures as soon as the earliest stages of education, in which children can take the first steps towards a future of failure. The implementation of the following measures began in the 2007-2008 academic year. Presently, we can say that there has been an improvement in truancy, coexistence and marks as a result.