Causes and Effects of Girl Child School Dropout in The Community of Biiso Sub-County, Buliisa District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

DEDICATION Ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

LIST OF ACRONYMNS viii

LIST OF TABLES ix

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER. ONE: INTRODUCTION. E.....~.,.~s uunssus~nm..ugn.n...n.,..I..,..c.... 1

1.1 Background to the Study 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 2

1.3 Purpose of the Study 3

1.4 Objectives of the Study 3

1.5 Research Questions 3

1.6 Scope of the Study 4

1.6.1 Contextual scope 4

1.6.2 Geographical scope 4

1.6.3 Time scope 4

1.7 Significance of the Study 4

CHAPTER. TV~lO : LITE R.PTU R.E ~EV’i! 6

2.0 Introduction 6

2.1 Review of Related Literature 6

2.2 Causes of girl child school dropouts 7

2.2.1 Parents Participation on girl child drop out in schools 7

2.2.2 Indiscipline cases and girls’ dropout in schools 9

2.3 Impact of girl child school dropout 11

2.4 Effect of girl School Dropouts to the Community 12

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CHA~P’TE~~. 1H1~.EE: £hlETi1ODOLOG”(n.in.,.iin.aui.#..i...i..~..i~u..~i 14

3.0 Introduction .14

3.1 Research design 14

3.2 Area and population of the study 14

3.3 Sampling procedure 14

3.4 Sample size 14

3.5 Instruments data collection 15

3.5.1 Interviews 15

3.5.2 Questionnaires 15

3.6 Reliability and validity 16

3.7 Ethical Consideration 16

3.8 Data processing 17

3.8.1 Editing and spot checking 17

3.8.2 Coding 17

3.8.3 Data analysis 17

3.9 Limitations of the study 18

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 19

4.0 Chapter Review 19

4.1 Social Demographic Characteristics 19

4.1.1 Age of the respondents 19

4.1.2 Marital Status 20

4.1.3 Sex of the respondents 20

4.1.4 Educational status 21

4.2. Causes of girls’ school dropout in Biiso sub county Buliisa District 22

4.3. The effects of girls’ school dropout in Biiso sub county Buliisa district 22

4.4. Solutions to girls’ school dropout in Biiso sub-county Buliisa District 23

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION5~. 24

5.0 Introduction 24

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5.1 Discussion of the Findings .24

5.2 Conclusions 30

5.3 Recommendations 31

5.4 Areas for further research 33

REFERENCES 34

APPENDICES 35

APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE TO MATURE RESPONDENTS 35

APPENDIX II: QUESTIONNAIRE TO STUDENTS 37

APPENDIX III: BUDGET 39