Educational backwardness among the poor can hinder the creation of human resources who have expertises and skills that are ready to be used to face changes in the work environment. Thus, in this study the authors aim to determine the factors that cause educational backwardness among the poor and strategies to overcome the educational backwardness. The methods used in this research are qualitative and quantitative. Research data processing using SWOT analysis (Strength; Weakness; Opportunity; Threat) and AHP (Process Hierarchy Analysis) using software Expert Choise 2000. The results of this study Indicate three factors that get the highest score are the parents whose jobs are temporary, live in the area for more than 5 (five) years and parents low education. The objective factor that gets the highest score is Weakness and the strategy that gets the highest score is Weakness-Threat, which is to share with parents about the importance of education, share with parents about the ease and cheapness of education, provide information to parents. Regarding government policies related to education and providing additional lessons to children.

Keywords : AHP; Education Backwardness; Poverty; Strategy; SWOT