parental irresponsibility is the cause of the high rate of school dropout

#PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IS THE MOST PARAMOUNT FACTOR TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS. totally wrong parental involvement is a factor, but not the most paramount factor to academic excellence. My opponent talks about single-fathers or mothers which does not point out the irresponsibility in the motion If parents die due to illness or an accident and their children drop out of school to cater for themselves. Do we term the parents as irresponsible. If there is no life, there is no responsibility. My opponent mentioned a lot of statistics which gives me the right to argue nationally. In Africa, most students drop out of school because of poverty. No country is fully developed in Africa with an exception of South African and a few. Citizens live in harsh economic conditions. Even Abraham Maslow, an American sociologist made us understand in his theory of needs that education is not one of the primary basic need of a child. Considering his physiological needs, parents need to provide food, shelter, security, housing. If then parents find it difficult to see their children through school should we therefore equate POVERTY to IRRESPONSIBILITY. #MANY OTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTORS HAVE A DIRECT LINK TO PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN REGARDS TO ACADEMIC SUCCESS Most parent wakes up every morning and prepare for work with their children as their main priority. Parents wants their children to become successful in life and they are literate about the fact that the surest way to attain that is through education. My opponents argument on 'teenage pregnancy' is totally absurd. Is it the intentions of parents to see their children become pregnant. Is my opponent saying that peer influence has no contribution to the increase in teenage pregnancy. How about adolescent sexual behaviour, exploitation by men, socio-economic factors and inadequate knowledge about sex ? Some students play angel-demon cipher, they tend to behave like angels and put up bad behaviours at school. In school, students get intimidated, some wants to be noticed. They therefore follow companies(good or bad -mostly ones that put them on the spotlight). Students inculcate different kinds of bad habits which have no traits from their home so my opponent should not tell me that the first step in addressing those factors starts with family. So it is quite clear that opponent has not been able to refute any of my points. All his statistics just compromises 1% of the cause of the HIGH RATE of school drop out as compared to the remaining 9% nationally. My ratio still stands. According to DAILY GRAPHIC PUBLICATIONS. In USA, Only 56% of students from high school actually go to college. The world evolves, students are given much freedom than they deserve. Parents can even be sued for attempts to discipline their children. The present generation must pave way for the future generation so when students decides to drop out of school and pursue their dreams which out boxes education, Do we blame parents. Certainly not! My opponent would definitely agree to that. My opponent only raised teenage pregnancy which means he agrees with the remaining points. He clearly stated that they link to parental irresponsibility but the HOW aspect was difficult to find. Most students drop out of school for the following reasons #1 Illness #2 The urge of pursuing their talents #3 will of the child #4 Teenage pregnancy and a lot more reasons that i have mentioned in round 2. 1:9 1 for parental irresponsibility, 9 for the other causes Thank you. References: [1] http://www.princeton.edu...... [2] https://www.google.com...