The phenomenon Truancy among junior high and high school students in Indonesia has become a serious concern for the community and teachers. In various regions of Indonesia, truancy has become a trend for students' enjoyment, usually gathering at coffee shops while joking, smoking, and playing games.
Especially in the Pabuaran District of Subang Regency, where students who should be studying in school are often found skipping school and prefer to hang out at stalls rather than studying at school. Such behavior is no longer a rare occurrence; instead, it has become a social phenomenon that is commonly seen.
This condition has raised many questions among the community and teachers: why do students prefer to skip school rather than study? What drives them to engage in this skipping behavior? What efforts can be made to prevent students from skipping school?
Field ConditionsÂ
Monitoring in several locations shows that Madura stalls, stalls by the roadside, and even stalls where people play PlayStation (PS) often become gathering places for students who skip school. They sit while playing on their phones, smoking, or just joking with their friends. Ironically, activities like this take place during school hours, usually between 08:00 and 12:00 or even until school ends.
Some residents also testified that they often see school students skipping class during school hours:Â
A resident, Mrs. Yani (48), a bread seller, claimed that almost every school lesson time she sees a group of vocational and high school students hanging out. "Every time I go to deliver ordered bread, I always see school uniformed children hanging out at the roadside stalls," she said.
A resident with the initials A (57), a farmer who goes to the fields daily, claimed that he sees students hanging out every day, "Every time I go to the fields, I often see students in school uniforms gathering and hanging out, even though school hours are about to start," he said.
This phenomenon occurs in various places in the Pabuaran area, such as in Sadang hamlet, Siluman village, and its surroundings which have become their favorite gathering spots.
Causes of Truancy
