Abstract
M.Ed. (Educational Guidance)
This study forms part of a group project on school dropout which the Rand
Afrikaans University and the Ben Gurion University in Israel have jointly
undertaken. There is a widespread concern about the high dropout rate in
schools all over the world including the Republic of South Africa. In view of
the many challenges facing the country economically and politically South
Africa needs its youth to be motivated, productive and self supportive.The Rand Afrikaans University and the Ben Gurion University have decided to
pool their knowledge and experience in researching factors which contribute to
pupils' leaving school too early. The project aims to identify the at-risk pupils
and to research internal and external factors such as self concept, family
relations and locus of control and their relation to dropout.
This study will specifically focus on the way potential dropouts in black schools
experience their self concept.