Poverty and School Drop Out in Bukedea Sub-County Bukedea District, Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL ii

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS v

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES viii

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ix

DEFINITION OF TERMS x

ABSTRACT xi

CHAPTER ONE 1

1.1. Introduction 1

1.2. Background of the study 1

1.3. Statement of the problem 4

1.4. Research purpose 5

1 .5, Research objectives 5

1 .6. Research questions/thesis 5

1.7. Significance of the study 5

1.8. Scope of the study 6

CHAPTER TWO 7

LITERATURE REVIEW 7

2.0. Introduction 7

2.1. Causes of poverty 7

2.2. Causes of school dropout 12

2.3. The impact of poverty on school drop out 14

2.4. Solutions to the problems 15

CHAPTER TI4REF 17

METHODOLOGY 17

3.0. Introduction 17

3.1. Research design 17

3.2. Population and sampling 17

3.3. Research area/environment 17

3.4. Research instruments 17

3.5. Data collection procedure 17

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3.6. Statistical treatment of data 18

3.7. Limitations of the study 18

3.8. Ethical issues 18

CHAPTER FOUR 19

DATA PRESENTATION INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS 19

4,0. Introduction 19

4.1. Background 19

4.2. Background information 19

4.2.1. Causes of school dropout in school 20

4.3 Impact of poverty to school drop out 26

4.4. Solutions to drop-out problems 30

CHAPTER FIVE 32

FiNDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION 32

5.0 Introduction 32

5.1. Findings. Causes of school dropouts) 32

5.2. The impact of poverty on school drop out 34

5.3. Solutions to the problems 35

5.4. Conclusion 36

5.5. Recommendations 37

BIBLIOGRAPHY 39

APPENDICES 40

APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRES FOR TEACHERS 40

APPENDIX B: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS 47

APPENDIX C: 1NTERVIEW GUIDE FOR PARENTS 52