Essay On School Dropout

REASONS FOR DROPOUT OF GIRL STUDENTS

There are a number of factors like Cultural factors, Economic factors, factors related to Educational institution and domestic factors, individual factors that influence the drop- out ratio. These factors are further divided into a number of sub-factors which can be explained as follows:

Socio- Cultural Factors Culture plays an important role for the admission of the girls in the school and in the long run for the continuation of study. In some cultures the girls are not allowed to study at the higher level because of the following reasons

Early Marriage The parents want to marry off their daughter as soon as the girls achieve the puberty age. There is also the child marriage custom in

A lot of researches have examined teachers ' discriminatory attitudes in the class room are linked to dropout issue. According to Njau and Wamahiu (1994) in a study on dropout rates in Sub-Saharan Africa, it was found that the foremost cause of higher rate of girls ' dropout was the attitude of teachers towards girls in class. Teachers usually favour to boys than girls in terms of academic performance and achievement which led to dropout.

School Distance School distance is an important determinant of school dropout for female students. Parents feel insecure for the safety of their children when they have to cover long distances to school. The studies by Juneja (2001) and Ainsworth et al. (2005) supported the above fact. Personal Factors These include the lack of interest on the part of parents as well as students for education that leads to low literacy level for females. The parents think the ultimate goal of woman’s life is to marry and have children as soon as possible. The parents primary interest is to marry off their daughters, education is secondary for them. Same is true also for the girls who are not interested in going to educational