Causes and effects of girl school dropout in the community of Nawampiti Sub-county, Luuka District
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2017-05
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Kampala International University, College/School of Education
Abstract
The study on the causes and effects of students’ school dropouts was carried out in Nawampiti sub-county Luuka 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
Nawampiti sub-county Luuka District, finding out the effects of girls school dropouts in
the community of Nawampiti 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 Luuka sub-county. High crime rates high illiteracy levels early marriages and
early pregnancies were the major effects of school dropout in Nawampiti sub-county,
and building of more schools, free education, compulsory education, provision of lunch
in schools, reduction of learning hours were the solutions to students’ school dropouts
in the community of Nawampiti 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 of education (arts) of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Girl school dropout, Community of Nawampiti