The Causes of Students Dropout in Chonchok Primary School

Legesse Adego

dc.contributor.author	Legesse Adego
dc.date.accessioned	2017-08-24T09:02:17Z
dc.date.available	2017-08-24T09:02:17Z
dc.date.issued	2011-08-24
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7820
dc.description	A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Educational Planning and Management	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to assess the major factors that cause students to drop out and to look into grade level and sex difference rate of drop out and the magnitude of the problem in Chonchok primary school. All the 34 teachers of the school, the 5 PTA members, 13 educational experts, and a principal and Woreda education head were selected using comprehensive and purposive sampling techniques respectively. Ten dropped out students were also taken using snow ball or net work sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews and documents available in the school , education office, education department and education bureau. The close-ended questionnaires of teachers and education experts were analyzed using percentages, means and standard deviations and narrative descriptions were used for open-ended questionnaire and interviews. Hence the findings indicated that the magnitude of drop out is in its highest extent that, of the total number of students who entered grade one in 2002103 academic year and graduated grade 8 in 2009/10, 39.45% were drop outs. It was also found that dropout rate among boys is relatively higher than among girls and the rate of drop out is considerably greater at the lower grade levels especially to grade one. No single factor for dropping out but different factors including the conditions of the school system, socioeconomic and socio cultural influences personal· or individual factors were identified. Various causes of dropping out including economic constraints, early marriage, poor awareness and perception of the value of education, lack of interest, late admission, handicapped, poor academic achievement, competence and shortage of teachers and religious education were identified. Therefore, intervention programs like assignment of adequate and competent teachers, preparing awareness creation forums, incl!"sive system of education, avoiding late admission, expansion of ECD centers, scaling up of best practices and application of the specified effective strategies to minimize dropout rate are recommended.	en_US
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT	en_US
dc.title	The Causes of Students Dropout in Chonchok Primary School	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US