Different social, economic and educational factors help explain why students leave school early, and entail different school-based and non-school based solutions. As a key responsible party, schools must adapt and establish support mechanisms that protect, monitor and retain at-risk pupils in the education system. School systems need to adapt to the needs of students and …

At the social and community level, it is necessary to create a supportive social environment that pays close attention to learners’ voices and also detects indications of distress, alienation or depression. An appropriate referral to professionals should be made after a formal assessment of risk and depression. The school must reach out to poor communities …