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

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .1

APPROVAL I

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

LIST OF TABLES vii

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ix

DEFINITION OF TERMS x

ABSTRACT xi

CHAPTER ONE 1

1 .1. Introduction 1

1.2. Background of the study i

1.3. Statement the problem 5

1 .4. Research purpose 5

1.5. Research objectives 5

1 .6. Research questions/thesis 5

1.7. Significance of the study 6

1.8. Scope of the study 6

CHAPTER TWO 7

LITERATURE REVIEW 7

2.1. Introduction 7

2.2. Causes of poverty 7

2.3. Causes of school dropout 12

2.4. The impact of poverty on school drop out 14

2.5. Solutions to the problems 15

CHAPTER THREE 17

METHODOLOGY 17

3.0. Introduction 17

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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

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

4.1. 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