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@article{184779,
        author = {Dr. N. Venkatadri and G.V Rama Krishna},
        title = {Student Retention in Higher Education: Examination of Dropout Causes and Preventative Strategies},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {4},
        pages = {3353-3358},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=184779},
        abstract = {As we know education plays a key role in human resource development and it leads to nation development. Students should aware that the only option to develop their self is education. Higher Education system in India provides various courses like management, engineering, social science, medical science etc. students have more choices to select their course of study. The students who are joining in Higher Education Institutions such as Universities, Colleges and other institutions are not completing their degree course on time. This situation happens mostly in Government Degree colleges, Universities and other institutions as well due to several reasons.

When teachers or mentors ask students about their irregular attendance, the majority of them cite financial problems as the main reason. Through our survey on student irregularity, dropouts, and related issues, we discovered that many students are indeed working daily wage jobs. They attend college on alternate days, while working on the others. This pattern continues for a short period, but eventually, many of these students completely drop out of their degree courses

In some cases, parents either directly or indirectly support their children dropping out, mainly due to a lack of awareness. Parents need to be made aware of the importance of education and should maintain regular communication with educational institutions. Only then can we hope to reduce the student dropout rate from higher education institutions

In this paper, some of the issues are discussed along with their counter measures to promote the students in higher education institutions in completing their degree on time.},
        keywords = {students, HEIs, Parents, case study, Analysis},
        month = {September},
        }