Causes and Effects of Girl School Dropout in The County of Butuunduzi Sub-County Kyenjojo District:
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2019-05
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Kampala International University, School of Education, Open and Distance and E-learning
Abstract
The study on the causes and effects of students’ school dropouts was carried out in
Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo 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
Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo District, finding out the effects of girls school dropouts
in the community of Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo District. 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 Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo District. High crime rates high illiteracy
levels early marriages and early pregnancies were the major effects of school dropout
in Butuunduzi sub-county Kyenjojo District, 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 Butuunduzi
sub-county Kyenjojo District.
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 Partial Fulfillment of The Requirement for the Award of a Bachelor of Arts with Education of Kampala International University.
Keywords
Kyenjojo District:, Girl School Dropout, Effects