Causes and effects of girl child school dropout in the community of Budondo Sub-County, Jinja District.
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2017-05
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Kampala International University ,College of Education
Abstract
The study on the causes and effects of girls’ school dropouts was carried out in Budondo sub
county Jinja 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 Budondo sub-county, finding out the effects of
students school dropouts in the community of Budondo sub-county. The sample size of 60
respondents were 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 Budondo subcounty.
High crime rates, high illiteracy levels, early marriages and early pregnancies were the
major effects of school dropout in Budondo sub-county and building of more schools, free
education, compulsory education, provision of lunch in schools, reduction of learning hours was
the solutions to girls’ school dropouts in the community of Budondo 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.
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A research report submitted to the college of education, open, distance and e-learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of a bachelor’s degree of arts with education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Girl Child, School Dropout