| dc.description.abstract | Education for all has been one of the major developmental goals of the Kenya
government (Republic of Kenya, 2003(b). To achieve this goal, the government has
adopted several strategies and measures since independence, the latest being free
primary education (FPE) in January 2003.
However, despite all these efforts, there has been education wastage through drop out.
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that lead to pupil drop out in
primary schools in Siakago Division, Mbeere district. The study further sought to find
out the effects of the dropout and the deterrent measures that can be put in place.
Literature review of this study explored various areas of concern leading to pupil drop
out in Kenya and other third world countries.
The study was ex-post facto in design and targeted 38 primary schools in Siakago
division. Two sets of questionnaires were used as instruments of data collection. The
teachers and pupils were the main respondents. Descriptive statistics, mainly
frequencies and percentages were used to analyze the data. | en |
