JAIC Co., Ltd., which develops employment support business for young people, conducted a questionnaire targeting users of "Second College ®", a service for university dropouts, in FY2019 respondents (248 men and 188 women).In addition, as the number of students considering dropping out of universities is increasing due to the influence of the corona sickness, we have set up a consultation desk for dropouts and dropouts, "Corona Dropout 60".

 As a result of the questionnaire, 90.3% of the respondents dropped out of university, 6.5% dropped out of vocational school / junior college, 3.2% dropped out of graduate school, and the ratio of humanities and science was 6: 4.As for the reasons why dropouts went on to higher education, 37.5% said, "Somehow, my parents and teachers told me that it was natural for me to go on to higher education." "I wanted an educational background" (23.4%) and "I wanted to get a qualification / I thought it would be advantageous for job hunting / I thought it would be useful for my work" (20%).

 55.6% of dropouts have repeated grades.Among the dropouts, the rate of repetition of science was over 6% (63.2%), which was higher than that of humanities (52.3%).Regarding the reason for repeating a year, the liberal arts were enthusiastic about activities other than university classes, saying "51.5% because I was enthusiastic about clubs, club activities, part-time jobs, etc." It turned out that I was a year old.In the case of science, even if you repeat a year and repeat the same grade for another year, you may feel that you are likely to repeat a year without being able to keep up with the class, and you may have chosen the option of dropping out.

 In addition, due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, "Second College ®" has "I can't get into a part-time job shift due to coronavirus, and I can't earn tuition and living expenses." We received consultations from university students who are considering dropping out, such as "It is difficult to pay for them", so the consultation desk for dropouts due to the influence of coronavirus and those who are considering dropping out "Corona Dropout No. 119" ] Was installed.

Reference: [JAIC Co., Ltd.] [2019] University dropout questionnaire survey "Humanities are enthusiastic other than academics, science cannot keep up with classes" Differences in repetition experience rate and reason for repetition among liberal arts / science dropouts

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