Determinants Of Primary School Drop Outs In The Selected Schools Of Barwessa Division Baringo North District, Kenya

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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DECLrRATION ............................................................................................................. 2

iPPROVAL .................................................................................................................... 3

ACKNOVLEDGMENTS ............................................................. : ................................. 4

CH.APTER ONE .................................................................................................................. 8

1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................... 8

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STCDY .......................................................................... 8

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLE.
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1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ............................. : ....... ; ......................................... 9

1.3.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE .......... : ............................................................................ 9

1.3.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES VILL BE TO; .............................................................. 9

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIOl'IS ......................................................................... : ............. 9

1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUD'{ ........................................................................................ I 0

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ........................................................................ ] 0

CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................................... 10

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ..................................................................... 10

2.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... ! 0

2.1 CULTURAL FACTORS ......................................................................................... II

2.2 IMPACTS OF PARENTS EDUCATION STATUS ............................................... 12

2.3 EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN ................................................... : ..... 12

2.4 SCHOOL EN IRONP.'1E~1S ................................................................................. l3

2.5 SITUATIONAL BARRIERS: DIVISION OF SOCIAL ROLES ........................... 14

2.6 SOCIO-CULTURAL A~D RELIGIOUS FACTORS ............................................ IS

CHAPTER THREE ......................................... -.................................................................. 16

3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 INTRODUCTION .................... : ................. 16

3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN ............................................................................................. 16

3.3 STUDY POPULATION .......................................................................................... 17

3.4 SA!V1PLE FRAl
E\'ORK ...................................................................................... 17

3.4.1 SAl
PLE SIZE ..................................................................................................... 17

3.3.2 SAMPLE TECHNIQUE ....................................................................................... 17

3.3.3 SAMPLE PROCEDURE ...................................................................................... 17

3.4 METHODS FOR DATA COLLECTION ............................................................... 17

3.4.1 INSTRUMENTS .................................................................................................. 17

3.4.2 SOURCES OF DATA .......................................................................................... 17

3.5 DATA PROCESSING A.o.l.TD ANALYSIS ................................. : ............................ 18

3.6 PROCEDURE OF THE STUDY ..... , ...................................................................... 18

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................. 20

4.0 DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION ......................................................... 20

4.1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 20

4.1.1 DATA ANALYSIS AND PROCESSING ............................................................ 20

4.1.2 TEACHERS BIO-DATA ..................................................................................... 21

4.2.0 PUPILS BIO-DATA ............................................................................................. 23

TEACHERS ANALYSIS .............................................................................................. 24

PUP! L 'S ANALYSIS ................................................................... :: ................ -............... 26

CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................... · ................................ 28

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............................ 28

5.0 JN'rRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 28

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5.1 DISCUSSION AND CONCLCSIONS... ...... ...... ............ ............... ... 28

5.2 CONCLUSIONS ........... . .. ··················································· 30

5.3 RECOMl
ENDATIONS.. . ..................................................... 31

5.4 AREAS OF FURTHER RESEARCH ................................................ 32

QUESTIONNAIRE ........................................................................... 36

APPENDIX I: TRANSMITTORY LETTER ............................................. 38