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Dropping out and repetition in Nursing students enrolled in the period 2010-2015. Technical University of Manabí. Ecuador. 2017

Abstract:

Introduction: Dropping out of university courses is a socio-educational problem and is a recurrent phenomenon in Latin America. Objective: To analyse the causes that lead to the repetition and dropout of the students enrolled in the 2010-2015 period, in the nursing course of the Technical University of Manabí. Material and methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study was carried out, on sample of 60 students (calculated to be significant) from a population of 146 students enrolled in the nursing course, 2010-2015 period, who had still not graduated. A questionnaire was prepared that focused on the possible causes related to school dropout and repetition in university students. Results: The results indicated the predominance of female sex, rural origin, with the main causes of school dropout and repetition were absence in classes, teachers not very explicit in their classes, and are not always guided by the syllabus or study program in the teaching of the contents, little help provided by the teacher in the tutoring of the students, the exam questions sometimes do not adjust to the contents taught, and the excessive amount of self-study. Conclusions: The survey showed that there is a majority of female students, and most of them from rural areas, as well as showing the main causes that affect the non-graduation in this cohort and the factors that lead to dropping out and repetition these students.