International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) |Volume IV, Issue III, March 2020|ISSN 2454-6186 www.rsisinternational.org Page 170 Analysis of the Cause Dropping Out School Children at The Primary School Age at Marga Kaya Village Putri Chairia, Risma. M. Sinaga, Erlina Rufaidah Master of Social Science Education, FKIP Universitas Lampung, Indonesia Abstract:- Education in Indonesia is the main element to develop Indonesian people. One of Education problem that happens in Indonesia is there are many children in primary school age who drop out of school. We can find it in Marga Kaya Village, Jati Agung sub-district. In this village, there are many children who drop out of primary school age. The objective of this research is to find out and analyze the causes of dropping out primary school age children, in Marga Kaya Village, Jati Agung District. This research is a type of descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, interviews, observation and documentation and data analysis used in this study is a descriptive analysis of the percentage. The research subjects were 30 children who had dropped out of school in Marga Kaya Village. The results showed that there were several factors that made many school age children dropped out of school, (1) internal factors those were low interest and children's willingness to go to school and schools were unattractive, (2) external factors those were low family income, parents’ background education, socio- cultural factors and environment. Keywords: primary school, 9 years education, causal factor, dropout I. INTRODUCTION ducation is a very important element because we know that education is the main process in the progress of a civilization to ensure the survival of a nation. Likewise education in Indonesia is a major element in the development of Indonesian people as a whole (Imas, 2014). Therefore education must be oriented on how creating a better change, moreover education must be developed systematically. Education as aa human activity in its life also become goals to be achieved. The idea or goals achieved must be clearly stated, so that all the education implementation and goals are proper to the process of educational activities. If you there is no a clear goal, the process will be in vain. Because those goals cannot be achieved at once, therefore it needs some stages implemented. One of the government's efforts to educate the nation's life through education can be seen from the 9-Year Compulsory Education Program. The Compulsory Education Program in Indonesia, which is mandatory for all citizens for getting 9- year basic education or it is called 9-year WajarDikdas. The 9-year compulsory education program was began by the 6- year compulsory education program focusing on basic education and it was implemented in 1984 until 1993, then in 1994 the government started the 9-Year Compulsory Education program. The target of this 9-year compulsory education was people who 7-15 years old compulsory education up to junior high school. The implementation of 9-year basic education in Indonesia seems not optimal yet because there are still many children who have not been able to reach that education level, this was in accordance with the statement from Winarno Surakhmad et al .( 2003: 49). In addition, he also said that the basic education was given in order to make children were able to develop attitudes, knowledge, and basic skills needed as a citizen. Moreover it was needed for living properly in the community and can continue their education to a higher level. The problem of education in Indonesia is children who drop out of school. Out of school children is the proportion of children according to school age groups who are no longer in school or who do not complete a certain level of education. The age group is 7-12 years, 13-15 years and 16-18 years (BPS: 2017). Where as according to Mudyahardjo, dropping out of school was leaving school before completing the entire learning period set by the school concerned (Mudyahardjo, 2001: 498). Marga Kaya is one of the villages in Jati Agung Subdistrict, South Lampung Regency which has 4 hamlets with a population of 3,458 people (761 families). Based on the pre- survey conducted, there were many children whom in primary education age have dropped out of school, both in elementary and junior high school levels. Based on the survey conducted, it turns out there are still many elementary school age children who have dropped out of school, both at the elementary and junior high levels. Based on preliminary research from the total number of elementary and junior high school age children in the village of Marga Kaya, 102 children, 30 children who have dropped out of school, are spread out in every hamlet in Marga Kaya. If calculated based on the calculation of dropout rates according to the Central Bureau of Statistics with the number of school-aged children who were not in school anymore divided by school-age children multiplied by 100 got a result of 29,41 %. This means that out of 100 school-aged children, there were 29 more children who did not go to school or continue the education. According to the Ministry of Education's decision, the ideal School Drop Out Rate (APS) is 0%. APS is a performance indicator reviewed from the decision of the Ministry of National Education No. 129 E