Low Completion Rates of Secondary Schools Students in Central Division, Garissa District, Kenya.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION: ................................................................................................................ i

APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................ ii

DEDICATION .................................................................................................................. iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................................. iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................... v

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................................. I

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... I

1.1 Rationale of the study .................................................................................................... I

L3. Objectives of the study .................................................................................................. 2

. 1.2. Significance of the study ............................................................................................ 2

1.6. Theory .......................................................................................................................... 3

Definition of terms .............................................................................................................. 4

Students: The children studying in secondary school CHAPTER TWO ...................... 4

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................. 5

LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................... 5

2.1. Functions of education ................................................................................................. 5

2.2. Factors leading to low completion secondary students ................................................ 5

2.2.1. Poor performance in class ......................................................................................... 6

2.2.2. Early marriages and early pregnancies ...................................................................... 8

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2.2.3. Attitudes .................................................................................................................... 9

2.2.4. The atmosphere ....................................................................................................... 11

22.5. Social class, family background values and achievements ...................................... 12

2.3. Stay in school Dropout prevention ............................................................................. 13

CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................................... 14

METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................ 14

31 Research Design ........................................................................................................... 14

3.2 Environment ................................................................................................................ 14

3.3 Respondents/ subjects/ participants ........................................................................... 14

34 Instruments of the study ............................................................................................... 15

3.5 Data collection procedures .......................................................................................... 15

3.6 Statistical treatment of data ......................................................................................... 16

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................. 17

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ............................... 17

4.1 Reasons for low completion rates ............................................................................... 19

4.1.1 Poverty ...................................................................................................................... 19

4.1.3 Early marriages and early pregnancies ..................................................................... 26

4L4 Teacher's attitudes ..................................................................................................... 28

4 .1.5 Student's attitudes .................................................................................................... 31

41.6 Parent's attitudes ....................................................................................................... 32

4.17 The atmosphere ......................................................................................................... 33

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4.1.8 Social class and family background ......................................................................... 33

4.2 Effects of school drop outs on the community ............................................................ 34

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................... 35

SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION ....................................... 35

5.1 Summary ..................................................................................................................... 35

5.2 Recommendations ....................................................................................................... 36

5,3 Conclusion ................................................................................................................... 37

REFERENCES .................................................................................................................. 38

APPENDIX B .................................................................................................................... 39

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE STUDENTS .................................................................... 39