Factors Influencing Enrollment Of Girls In Public Primary Schools In Kajiado North Sub-County.

Abstract

Access to education in Semi-Arid areas is complicated by poor infrastructure, rural tradition, and circles of poverty. However, education officials see the promise of change in the form of scholarships and local support. Human society irrespective of its level of technical evolution devotes great attention to transmitting its cultural heritage to the young; however negative culture has been known to damage the education needs of a society. There is no doubt that education has an enormous potential to deliver people out of poverty, bridge the inequality gap and accelerate socio-economic growth and development. The study aims at establishing factors influencing enrollment of girls in public primary schools in Kajiado North Sub-County. The variables under the study are; cultural practices, the influence of gender role dispositions, parents’ education level and attitude towards education, poverty, physical factors, climatic factors and their influence on girls’ enrolment in public schools in Kajiado North Sub-County. The study will apply a mixed method approach, that is, quantitative and qualitative methods. The study will apply the explanatory sequential research design which will involve collecting, analyzing, and mixing both quantitative and qualitative research and methods in a single study to understand a research problem. The target population is all public primary schools in Kajiado North Sub- County. There are 100 public primary schools in Kajiado North Sub-County. Purposive sampling will be used to pick students and the head teachers in a sample of 10 primary schools. The schools will be stratified into the constituency, where simple random sampling will be used to pick the respondents for the study.