Causes and effects of girl child school dropout in the community of Biiso Sub-County, Buliisa 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 girl-child school dropouts was carried out in
Biiso sub-county Buliisa District. The purpose of the study was to investigate the causes
and effects of girl-child school dropout in schools. The research was guided by the
objectives of the study which included; finding out the causes of girl-child school
dropouts in Biiso sub-county Buliisa District, finding out the effects of girls school
dropouts in the community of Biiso 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 Biiso sub-county. High crime rates high illiteracy levels early marriages and
early pregnancies were the major effects of girl-child school dropout in Biiso subcounty,
and building of more schools, free education, compulsory education, provision
of lunch in schools, reduction of learning hours were the solutions to girl-child school
dropouts in the community of Biiso 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 Child, School Dropout