TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
LIST OF ACRONYMNS
LIST OF TABLES ix
ABSTRACT
CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION i
1.1 Background to the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 2
1.3 Purpose of the Study 3
1.4 Objectives of the Study 3
1.5 Research Questions 3
1,6 Scope of the Study 3
1.6.1 Contextual scope 3
1.6.2 Geographical scope 3
1.6.3 Time scope 4
1.7 Significance of the Study 4
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW s
2.0 Introduction
2.1 Review of Related Literature
2.2 Causes of school dropouts
2.2.1 Parents Participation on student drop out in schools 5
2.2.2 Indiscipline cases and Students’ dropout in schools 7
2.3 Impact of school dropout 10
2.4 Effect of School Dropouts to the Community 10
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CHAPTER THREE .12
METHODOLOGY 12
3.0 Introduction 12
3.1 Research design 12
3.2 Area and population of the study 12
3.3 Sampling procedure 12
3.4 Sample size 12
3.5 Instruments data collection 13
3.5.1 Interviews 13
3.5.2 Questionnaires 13
3.6 Reliability and validity 14
3.7 Ethical Consideration 14
3.8 Data processing 14
3.8.1 Editing and spot checking 14
3.8.2 Coding 15
3.9 Data analysis 15
3.10 Limitations of the study 15
CHAPTER FOUR 17
DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 17
4.0 Chapter Review 17
4.1 Social Demographic Characteristics 17
4.1.1 Age of the respondents 17
4.1.2 Marital Status 17
4.1.3 Sex of the respondents 18
4.1.4 Educational status 18
4.2. Causes of girls’ school dropout in of the community of Budondo sub-county, jinja
district 19
4.3. The effects of girls’ school dropout in the community of Budondo sub-county in Jinja
district 20
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4.4. Solutions to girls’ school dropout in the community, of Budondo sub-county Jinja District
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CHAPTER FIVE 21
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 21
5.0 Introduction 21
5.1 Discussion of the Findings 21
5.2 Conclusions 26
5.3 Recommendations 27
5.4 Areas for further research 29
REFERENCES 30
APPENDICES 31
APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE TO MATURE RESPONDENTS 31
APPENDIX II: QUESTIONNAIRE TO STUDENTS 33
APPENDIX III: BUDGET 35
ABSTRACT The study on the causes and effects of girls’ school dropouts was carried out in Budondo sub county Jinja 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 Budondo sub-county, finding out the effects of students school dropouts in the community of Budondo 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 Budondo subcounty. High crime rates, high illiteracy levels, early marriages and early pregnancies were the major effects of school dropout in Budondo sub-county and building of more schools, free education, compulsory education, provision of lunch in schools, reduction of learning hours were the solutions to girls’ school dropouts in the community of Budondo 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.
