Understanding school dropout among children of economic immigrants in the context of compulsory education in Côte d'Ivoire

The main objective of this contribution is to analyze the factors of school dropout among children of economic immigrants in the context of compulsory schooling. Indeed, Côte d'Ivoire has included in its vision to build a quality and merit-based school in order to have human capital to ensure its harmonious development. With this in mind, education benefits from a significant share of the country's resources, ie 5.2% of GDP. The efforts made have certainly made it possible to observe a clear improvement in the education/training sector, in this case access to school, but the school dropout rate is one of the major concerns for the education authorities. In 2021, the school dropout rate at the national level was 12.9%. In rural areas, it was 15.9% compared to 9.8% in urban areas. The methodology deployed was based on documentary research associated with data collection in the field using interview guides. Field research was conducted among primary and secondary school students, teachers and parents of students in the localities of Duékoué, Soubré and Béttié. The results of the study reveal that school dropout among children of economic immigrants in rural areas is explained by various factors including peer influence, low interest in school activities at home, poor school monitoring of children at home, priority given to agricultural and domestic work to the detriment of school activities, violence at school and poor results of children.