Causes Of Drop Outs Of Pupils In Selected Primary Schools In Kabarnet Division A Study On Causes Of School Drop Outs In Kabarnet Division Baringo Kenya

ABSTRACT

The study was a descriptive, cross sectional design aimed at determining the causes of

school drop outs in selected primary schools in Kabarnet Division, Baringo District-

Kenya.

My objectives were:

1.1 To determine the profile of the respondents in terms of:

a) Age

b) Gender

2.0 To determine the causes of school drop-out in terms of:

2.1 Poverty

2.2 Early Marriage

2.3 Cultural factors

2.4 Teachers attitude

2.5 Poor Performance

3.0 The possible solutions to the problem.

The exercise was conducted in the month of July to August 2007 and covered four

schools. A simple random technique was used in data collection and tools deployed

were validated, questionnaires were sent to the respondents. 1} comprised the socio

economic information that influences children to leave school and determine the

causes of school drop out in the study area.

The sample size was achieved by the following formula:

In the area of study we find that there is increase in the number of children who drop

out school and it would be due to inadequate finance and lack of parental

responsibility because most of the children cannot cope with school life if the basic necessities are not provided by the parents.

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