TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL ii
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT V
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
1.6.3Timescope 4
1.7 Significance of the Study 4
CHAPTERTWO 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 student drop out in schools 7
2.2.2 Indiscipline cases and Students’ dropout in schools 9
2.3 Impact of school dropout 11
2.4 Effect of 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
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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 17
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 of the community of Chawente sub-county, Apac
district 22
4.3. The effects of girls’ school dropout in the community of Chawente sub-county in
Apac district 22
4.4. Solutions to girls’ school dropout in the community, of Chawente sub-county in
Apac 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 STUDENTS 37
APPENDIX III: BUDGET 39
ABSTRACT The study on the causes and effects of girls’ school dropouts was carried out in Chawente sub-county, Apac 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 Chawente sub-county, finding out the effects of students school dropouts in the community of Chawente sub-county. 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 Chawente sub-county. High crime rates, high illiteracy levels, early marriages and early pregnancies were the major effects of school dropout in Chawente sub-county and building of more schools, free education, compulsory education, provision of lunch in schools, reduction of learning hours were the solutions to girls’ school dropouts in the community of Chawente sub-county. 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.