TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
LIST OF ACRONYMNS viii
LIST OF TABLES ix
ABSTRACT x
CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION 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 TWO 6
LITERATURE REVIEW 6
2.0 Introduction 6
2.1 Review of Related Literature 6
2.2 Causes of 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
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2.3 Impact of girl school dropout .11
2.4 Effect of girl child School Dropouts to the Community 12
CHAPTER THREE 14
METHODOLOGY 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
3.9 Data analysis 17
3.10 Limitations of the study 18
CHAPTER FOUR 19
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 Pallisa sss Pallisa District 22
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4.3. The effects of girls’ school dropout in Pallisa sss Pallisa District 22
4.4. Solutions to girls’ school dropout in Pallisa sss Pallisa District 23
CHAPTER FIVE 24
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 24
5.0 Introduction 24
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 GIRL STUDENTS 37
APPENDIX III: BUDGET 39
ABSTRACT The study on the causes and effects of students’ school dropouts was carried out in Pallisa S.S.S Pallisa District. The purpose of the study was to investigate the causes and effects of school dropout in schools. The research was guided by the objectives of the study which included; finding out the causes of school dropouts in Pallisa S.S.S Pallisa District, finding out the effects of girls school dropouts in the community of Pallisa S.S.S. The sample size of 60 respondents was got from the population of teachers, students, political leaders and local community members. The researcher used interviews, questionnaires to collect the data. The findings revealed that; poverty, corporal punishments, chronic sickness, long distance of schools, and lengthy learning hours were the major causes of school dropouts in Bilso sub-county. High crime rates high illiteracy levels early marriages and early pregnancies were the major effects of school dropout in Pallisa S.S.S., and building of more schools, free education, compulsory education, provision of lunch in schools, reduction of learning hours were the solutions to students’ school dropouts in the community of Pallisa District. The researcher later recommended that; there is need for parental responsibility, community involvement in education, and stopping of corporal punishments were some of the recommendations made by the researcher after presenting and interpreting the data.