There is no alternative to school, at least tor now. The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly revealed this fact. We need schools so that education can realize its manifest and latent functions in a society. Unfortunately, school dropouts are deprived of all the benefits that education can provide to the individual. Therefore, we care about school and school attendance. School dropout is a serious and challenging problem, which poses some psychological, social and economical threats. We are well aware of this challenge. This awareness motivated us to do many studies on early school leaving. As a collection of chapters by various authors, this book is just one of those efforts. We do really hope that the book will raise awareness about school dropout