Out of school children and the drop out problems as a complex case: Turkey and other countries

This chapter aims to explore the issues of out-of- school children and drop out children-which are observed in the Turkish education system as a complex situation, and to make a comparative analysis of the current situation with some other countries. In data analysis- that is to say, in determining the number and rate of out of school children and dropouts in EU countries, the United States and Japan according to gender and according to the stages of education- the arithmetic averages of the relevant values and the percentages were checked. The figures of the countries mentioned were compared with those of Turkey, and were interpreted. Consequently, out of school children and drop out problems were found to be higher in Turkey than in the other selected countries (i.e. the EU countries, the United States, and Japan). © 2014 by IGI Global. All rights reserved.