Girl Child Education And Its Challenges In Kisl’mlj District Nyahera Sub-County, Kenya

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to determine girl child education and its challenges

in Kisurnu District Nyahera sub-county, Kenya. Specific Objectives of the study

were to to assess the challenges in the promotion of the rights of the girl child to

basic education, to describe effects of girl child school dropouts, to identify the

ways of curbing girl child school dropouts.

The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to pupils who were

randomly selected and interviews with teachers. The findings revealed that

children dropout of school because of poverty, school safety. Parental attitudes,

early marriages lead to school dropout.

The study recommended Compensatory educational services should be provided

to help remedy early educational disadvantage. Economic poverty and rural location are relevant criteria for the allocation of compensatory services. These services should be concentrated at the preschool and lower primary school levels, in combination with adult - parent education. Funding of compensatory services should be over and above the equalization of basic educational services already recommended. Examinations at Standard III and Standard V should measure rudimentary literacy. All enrolled pupils should sit for these examinations. Priority and publicity should be given to the minimization of illiteracy rather than to the proportions of pupils with distinguished marks. Educational complexes of substantial size should be developed to service small towns and surrounding rural areas. Transportation services should be improved and absorbed as an educational cost to permit the numerous educational advantages accruing from consolidation

Table of Contents

DECLARATION.

APPROVAL ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENT iv

ABSTRACT viii

CHAPTER ONE 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Background 1

1 .1 Statement of the problem 3

1.2 Objectives of the Study 3

1 .2.1 General Objective 3

1.2.2 Specific Objectives 4

1.3 Research Questions 4

1.4 Scope of the Study 4

1.5 Significance of the study 5

LITERATURE REVIEW 6

2.1 Challenges in promotion of the rights of the Girl Child School Dropout 7

2.1.2. Cost of Education 7

2.1.3 Early Marriage 8

2.1.4 Return on Investment 8

2.1.5 Family and Peer Pressure for Early Marriage 9

2.1.6 Fear of Early Pregnancy 10

2.1.7 Walking Distance to School 11

2.1.8 Political Factors 12

2.1.9 Parental factors 13

2.2. Economic Factors 14

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2.3 Effects of girl child school drop out.16

2.3.1 Outcomes on the Individual 17

2.3.2 Outcomes on Society 18

2.4 Ways of curbing school drop out 19

2.4.1 Strategies in Educating Girl Child 19

2.4.2 Strategies within the classroom 20

2.4.3 Strategies outside the classroom 21

2.4.4 Enabling young mothers to return to school 21

2.4.5 Taking special measures to reach the most disadvantaged girls 21

2.4.6 Providing alternative education for overage children 22

2.4.7 Locating schools closer to children’s homes 22

CHAPTER THREE 24

METHODOLOGY 24

3.0 Introduction 24

3.1 Research Design 24

3.2 Sampling Procedure 24

3.3 sample size 25

3.4 Research instruments 26

3.5 Data Analysis 26

3.6 Ethical consideration 26

3.7 Limitations 27

CHAPTER FOUR 28

DATA PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION A ND ANALYSIS 28

4.0 Introduction 28

4.1 Demographic Characteristics of Respondents 28

4.1.2 Gender Distribution 28

4.1.3 Age distribution of respondents 29

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4.1.4 Respondents Education Level 31

4.2 Challenges in promoting the rights of girl child education 32

4.3 Effects of Girl Child Dropout from School 34

4.4 Ways of curbing Girl Child Drop Out From School 35

CHAPTER FIVE 37

DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 37

5.0 Introduction 37

5.1 Discussions 37

5.1.2 Challenges of Girl child school drop outs 37

5.1.3 Ways of curbing school drop out 39

5.5 Conclusion 40

5.6 Recommendations 41

5.7 Areas of future research 42

REFERENCE 43

APPENDICES 44

APPENDIX A 44

Research Questionnaires For School Dropouts 44

APPENDIX B 48

INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR HEADMASTER/HEADMISTRESS 48

APPENDIX C 50

BUDGET 50