This study was conducted in Sungai Perak Sub-district Tembilahan in Indragiri Hilir. This research was conducted to obtain information about the meaning of formal education for farmers with the purpose of knowing the cause of school dropouts and parental views of school dropouts in Sungai Perak village. The theory of Hasbunallah is the theory of education and Mutrofin theory of the cause of sch…