Remedial support and dropout prevention program: How to identify and support at-risk secondary school students?
School dropout has become not just a topic of academic research, but a political and social issue. Government action plans and associated programs are being developed in schools. Based on a study conducted in a school community, this article examines the impact of a “remedial and tutoring support program” on secondary school students at risk of dropout, and how it changed their relationship to—and helped them stay in—school. Interviews were conducted with eight students as part of a comprehensive approach in which students were considered capable of reflecting on and sharing their experiences. The findings reveal that they progressed from an academic and methodological standpoint, returned to school, and developed their self-confidence.