Vol 2 Number 2, 2012/Análisis de las estrategias para la prevención de la deserción y retención de la población estudiantil que lleva a cabo el personal docente y administrativo del Liceo de Miramar, de la Dirección Regional de Educación de Puntarenas, Costa Rica/ Rodolfo Ovares Elizondo (original) (raw)

This article analyzes the dropout as the scourge affecting today’s society, while causing significant losses and, over time, widens social gaps as a result of dropping out of school by the student population. Thus we developed a descriptive research supported with quantitative and qualitative techniques in the Liceo de Miramar de Puntarenas, to analyze strategies dropout prevention and student retention, from the perspective of faculty and staff. The study aims to determine the factors causing dropout, the strategies employed by faculty and staff from the management of education and perception of the efficiency and effectiveness of those actions for dropout prevention and student retention in school. Also generate a commitment from the education community to work together on this phenomenon in Costa Rican education.