| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to explore the factors influencing enrolment and retention
of Somali Bantu girls in secondary schools in Daadab refugee camps. The study was
guided by four research objectives. Research objective one sought to establish the impact
of cultural practices of Somali on refugee Somali Bantu girls secondary school education
, research objective two sought to determine the influence of school based factors on
refugee Somali Bantu girls enrolment and retention to secondary schools education ,
research objective three sought to assess the influence of domestic labor on refugee
Somali Bantu girls enrolment and retention in secondary schools while research objective
four sought to evaluate how implementation of the Kenya’s education curriculum impacts
on the enrolment and retention of refugee Somali Bantu girls in secondary schools in
Dadaab refugee camps. The researcher used descriptive survey because it was concerned
with the aim of describing the characteristics of a particular group. The study was
conducted in Dadaab refugee camp which had seven secondary schools namely; Tawakal,
Dagahley, Nasib, Ifo Secondary School, Towfig, Waberi and Hagadera secondary school.
The researcher sampled 283 of Somali refugee girls,4 head teachers and 63 teachers.
Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used. The study found out that cultural practices had
an influence on refugee. Majority 177(69.4%) of girls agreed that most Somali Bantu
girls were discouraged with secondary school education due to poor performance in class.
Majority 44(73.3%) of teachers indicated that FGM affect the Somali Bantu refugee Girls
education. From the interview the NGOS Staff and social workers it was indicated that
female genital mutilation and marriages constraints were some of the social-cultural
factors the organizations considered to have hindered the enrolment and retention of
Somali Bantu Refugee girls to Secondary Education in Dadaab Refugee Complex. There
was a positive relationship (0.68) between Cultural practices and enrolment and retention
in secondary school education in Dadaab refugee camps. The results show that cultural
practices influenced enrolment and retention in secondary school education in Dadaab
refugee camps at 68%. There was strong positive (0.75) relationship between school
based factors and Somali Bantu girls’ enrolment and retention to secondary schools
education in Dadaab refugee camps. There was a positive relationship between the two
variables as indicated by a correlation of 0.53. The results indicated that domestic labor
influenced enrolment and retention in secondary schools in Dadaab refugee camp. There
was strong positive (0.63) relationship between Kenya’s education curriculum and
enrolment and retention in secondary school education in Dadaab refugee camps. The
study concluded that FGM affect the Somali Bantu refugee Girls education. The
researcher concluded that instructional language for effective in curriculum
implementation. It was also concluded that teachers were adequately prepared to
effectively handle curriculum implementation. In the light of the research findings, the
researcher recommended that since there was a language barrier in refugee schools as
most students do not understand English and this discourages them from attending
schools, proper mechanisms to be used to improve this situation. NGO’s operating at the
refugee camps to understand the constraints to that causes low enrolment and retention of
Somali Bantu girls in secondary schools in Daadab, with an aim to stimulate policy
formulation and decisions concerning refugee Somali Bantu girls’ education in Daadab
refugee camps. | en_US |
