Students and Runinng Away from School

Written by: Samira Haleemzai

All students go to school at a certain time from home and their families know when they come back from school. This issue helps families to keep track of their children's learning schedules and this oversight helps the children's learning system so that time is not wasted, but some students still run away from school. Families think they are in school, but they waste school hours outside of school and this issue would create problems for such students.

AEPO’s writer/producer has talked to some student and their parents about this issue.

Ibratullah, a resident of Logar province says, “When I was a twelfth grader, I used to run away from school for playing cricket outside of school. I mostly ran away from math class, and that caused me fail the university entrance exam.”

Paimanm, another resident of Logar province says, "I am a 10th grade student, but I am older than that. I always run away from school in physics and Pashto classes. All my friends are now university students, but I failed many times in school.”

Zainullah Salihi, a professor of pedagogy talks about this issue, “The students who run away from school, they might face many problem. If they run away from school for a few days, there will be a gap between their school lessons, and running away from school will become their habit, they will cut ties with education, and as a result they may join mafia groups.”

What do some students think about the causes of students running away from school?

Zubair, a resident of Dehsabz district of Kabul province says, “If any day I had not done my home assignment, or I had not learned my shool lesson, I was not going to school on those days.”

Ali Azhar says, “I think some families do not take care of their children. They do not ask their children when they go and when they leave school, so the students might go to a park or other places instead of school.”

Professor Salihi says, “If the family is unrestrained   and the situation is not suitable; If there is no encouragement, then the student will be led to run away from school.

Another cause of this issue is the unsuitable environment at school. If there is no mental and physical discipline in the school, the students might hate the school and they will prefer to run away from school. Choosing bad friend also causes the student run away from school. If his friend has the habit of running away from school, he will learn from him.”

How do some students find solution to this issue?

Samiullah, resident Safidsang village, Muhammad Agha district of Logar province says, “I am graduated from the university. I had never escaped from school because my family was taking care of me. My big brother was always going to my school and he getting information about attendance at school from my teacher. I have never run away from school.”

A student says, “I was always running from school and in a result, I did not succeed in the university entry exam. I have some friends that they have also the bad habit of running away from school. I tell them to learn from me and advise them not to run away from schools.”