I understand the agony that you are going through but what you need to look out is whether your son has difficulty in some particular subject or his performance on the whole is not good-if the latter is the reason, it needs to be ruled out of any learning difficulties. What are his study habits, where does he fail to score are some other things you need to ponder. Dropping a year would not help him unless the problem is identified and rectifications done. It would be better to consult a Psychologist who can evaluate and identify the loopholes and make recommendations. Change of stream or open schooling or any other alternate comes later.

Counselor