Rural Teacher Salary Impact Rural Students Drop Out in Developing Country

Abstract

Student dropout in rural area is one of the education problems that being faced by many countries. In this qualitative study, we used global and national documentation to explore and describe in-depth impact of rural teacher salary on rural student dropout in selected four developing countries, namely Azerbaijan, Colombia, Indonesia and South Africa. The data was obtained from the published data of each countries. The result shows that South African rural teachers get the highest salary of USD2,524, followed by Colombia with USD 626,58, Azerbaijan USD 175   and Indonesia USD. 182.24. The Lowest percentage  of  rural  student  dropout  in  primary  level  isSouth Africa and Colombia (3% respectively), Junior High School  level  is  Azerbaijan  (8%)  and  for  Senior  High School is South Africa (27%). In conclusion it shows that rural teacher salary has negative impact on rural student dropout, but this impact will be more influential by support from many other factors. It is suggested that developing countries should increase rural teachers’ salary as the solution to decrease rural student dropout.