Home environment and school dropout in two primary schools in Nakawa Division.
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2013-08
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open & Distance Learning
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This study entitled “Home environment and school dropout in primary schools in Nakawa Division, Kampala District” was conducted in two primary schools found in Nakawa Division namely; Tree shade and Sunrise Infant School. The study was guided by three objectives which included (i) to analyze the impact of the home environment as per poverty, domestic violence and high levels of illiteracy among parents, (ii) to determine the extent to which children are dropping out of school and (iii) to examine if there is any relationship between home environment and school dropout. The study was based on the theory of Educational Productivity by Walberg (1981) which reveals the influence groups have in motivating learners or creating school fall out. The study used a descriptive survey design that described home environment and school dropout and their relationship. The research population was composed of the teachers and pupils. The sample size of the study was 200. The study used questionnaires and observations as the research instruments. The findings of the study revealed that a big number of children in the world live in poverty while determining the home environment, in the same arena, the study showed that although there was an element of domestic violence it was indicated that alcohol was not a major determinant of domestic violence and neither did it contribute highly towards school dropout of children. The values of responses on school dropout indicated that most children feel good while in school. This had the highest mean in the entire study (4.13) implying that children love to be in school even when trends of school dropout exist in our society. The study correlation revealed that there was a relationship between “home environment and school dropout upon which the null hypothesis of “there is no relationship between home environment and school dropout” was rejected and therefore stated that there was a relationship between home environment and school dropout. The study findings revealed that most of the children dropped out of school due to hard conditions at home mainly poverty. The study concluded that most of the children live in families that are under the frustration and effect of poverty and it is upon this reason that the study recommended that there is need for the government of Uganda to encourage the masses in participating in income generating activities as a way to alleviate poverty.
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A thesis report presented to the College of Higher Degrees and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a degree of Master’s in Early Childhood and Primary Education
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Home environment, School dropout