Socio economic status and students’ dropout in selected secondary schools of Gakenke district Rwanda:
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2010-11
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Kampala International University, College/School of Education
Abstract
This study arose from the popular assumption that the economy of Rwanda in Gakenke
district is collapsing and it has relationship with students’ dropout. Thus the study
attempted to solve the problem due to socio-economic status and students’ dropout in
selected secondary schools of Gakenke district-Rwanda. The research was guided by
three research questions which intended to know if there was relationship between
parents’ level of education, attitudes, and income and school dropout in Gakenke
district of Rwanda. The researcher used survey research design to conduct the study.
To carry out this research, 6 out of 46 schools were chosen and a sample of 400
respondents were selected, About research instruments, questionnaires and interviews
were mainly used. In analyzing the data, the researcher used descriptive analysis, and
Pearson Product Moment correlation technique. The researcher found that there was a
strong significant correlation between the three research variables and students’
dropout in Gakenke district showing that the findings could be generalized. It was
recommended that government should increase opportunities and access to schooling,
provide a contextualized curriculum, introduce plans to provide guidance to students
and enhance community involvement in view to promote high access on education. It
was recommended that future researchers should consider the areas like access on
education, educational infrastructure and the control of school attendance in view to
overcome the problems of students’ dropout in Rwanda and more especially in Gakenke
district.
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a Thesis Presented to the School of Postgraduate Studies and Research Kampala International University Kampala, Uganda In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree Master of Educational Management and Administration
Keywords
Socio economic, students’ dropout