| dc.description.abstract | Development of a country depends entirely on education of its citizens. Most African
countries suffer from many consequences of ignorance due to lack of education. Although
many African children go to school, a small fraction of them manage to complete their
education cycle at both primary and secondary levels. The Kenyan government spends a
greater percentage of national resources on education, but the drop out of girls from
education is significantly high. In Awendo Division, the drop out was shown from the
female students enrolled in form one and those who complete from four at the end of the
four year cycle. In the year 2000, there were 394 female students who enrolled in form
but out of this number only 242 completed form four in the year 201)1 Tn 20(H, a total of
478 were enrolled in form one but only 282 completed form four in the year 2004, in the
year 2002, a total of 503 were enrolled in form one but only 309 completed form four in the
year 2005, and in the year 2003, a total sf413 were enrolled in form one but only 265
completed form four in 2006. It was this fact which drove me into finding out factors
contributing to drop out of female -students from secondary schools in Awendo Division, in
Migori District.
The research study was conducted in Awendo Division in Migori District of Nyanza
Province. The sample size selected for this study included head teachers and students of nine
secondary schools in the Division. Simple random sampling method was used to select 106
students and 9 head teachers who participated in the study. Data was collected using
questionnaires. Descriptive statistics method was used to present and analyze data
Information from data analysis was presented in the form of frequency
tables, percentages, pie charts and bar graphs. Only female students from form four were
used as participants for the study because they had stayed in the school all the way from
form one to form four.
The findings of the study revealed that factors contributing to drop out of female secondary
school students were early marriages, pregnancies, poverty, attitudes of parents, child
labour, roles in the family and initiations Recommendations made on how to curb this drop
out problem included giving more bursary to needy students, allowing girls who drop out to
come back to school to continue with education, formulating policies to create more
boarding facilities for girls, educating girls on sex education, initiating community based
self-help projects to raise for education, and making policies to curb early marriages. | en |
