ABSTRACT
This research was designed to investigate
the factors responsible for the drop out in college of education, Ekiadolor of
Edo State. To facilitate the study a number of research questions were
formulated. It was the aim of the researcher, among other things that this
study would provide some solutions to the problem associated with dropouts from
school. a review of related literature was carried out and from the exercise
some relevant information relating to the factors responsible for dropping out
from school were discovered. Questionnaires were administered to identified
dropouts and school administrators. This data collected had been analyzed and
interpreted by the use of percentage. Based on the result obtained it was found
that many factors were related to the issue of dropout from Colben. To this
end, conclusions were drawn and recommendations made.
TABLE
OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Background of study
Statement of problem
Research questions
Basic assumptions
Purpose of the study
Scope of study
Limitations of study
Definitions of terms
CHAPTER
TWO
Review of literature
Unemployment
Students financial difficulties
Marriage
Unexpected pregnancy
Change of career
Parental factor
CHAPTER THREE
Method of study
Population of study
Sample and sampling procedure
Distribution of sample
Instrument for data collection
Validation of the instrument
Method of data collection
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Results of observation and discussion of results
CHAPTER FIVE
Findings, recommendation and conclusion
Findings
Conclusion
Recommendations for further study
Suggestions
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
According to Gerald Bernbum (2008), the phenomenon of graduate
unemployment had disappointed people who had earlier looked to educational
expansions on both to reduce social and economic inequalities and to improve
the performance of the economy. Going to school was and is still regarded as
the surest way to gainful employment especially in the public sectors; the
non-employment of most of the graduates for all levels of our educational
institutions make the current students in our school to see attending school
as a waste of time. The point that is being emphasized here is that
because school leavers and graduates of higher institutions do not readily
secure gainful employment in the public or private sectors of the economy as
was the case many hears ago, students are no longer motivated to continue their
education through the tertiary level.
Statistics on students environment in the post primary schools in
the defunct Bendel State as a whole available at the ministry of education shows
that the population of students in schools is on the decline. Another evidence
of decline in school environment in the recent method adopted by the West
Africa Examination Council (WAEC) whereby school with less than thirty students
for the senior school certificate examinations are grouped together to form a
single centre. Many students who has sought admission into schools have
prematurely withdrawn and dropped out before graduation. This is caused for
concern of interest is the factor responsible for this untimely withdrawal in
the first place, the current economic recession in the country has left many
graduate, but from secondary school and institutions of higher learning,
unemployment.
Government also contributes to the high rate of dropout from schools
in charging tuition fees which many parents cannot afford in view of the
present economic crisis the country even when many of them have struggled to
pay the tuition fees final examination fees are often unaffordable. Another
factor which makes students to withdraw from the schools is early marriage. It
has been postulated that many girls drop out of school because their parents
wanted them to go get married. Some others girls had dropped out because they
had unexpected pregnancies which had forced them into early marriages. Some
students who originally enrolled into the school had dropped out due to change
in career goals.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Dropout from school is an aspect of educational wastage and should
be treated as a problem facing secondary school in particular and education in
general. As been established in the previous section of this chapter, senior
secondary school classes are empty due to the rate of dropout from school.
It has also been established in the background to the problem that
institutional administrators, educational planners, policy makers both at state
and national levels, students and guidance and counselors have reacted out
differently, times to the rate at which secondary school in the rural areas
especially are becoming depopulated.
But the problem of interest – this study is to determine the
relationship between the rate of dropout from College of Education,
Ekiadolor-Benin Edo State and the factor is as follow:-
Graduate unemployment, early marriage, unexpected pregnancy,
financial difficulties, change in career goals, parent’s attitude, educational
levels, socio-economic status and family size.
The study is also interested in determining what other factor
might be related to the rate of dropout.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The following research questions are devised to guide the
following investigator:
1. Does the current trend of graduate unemployment
contribute to the rate of dropout from school?
2. Are early marriage and unexpected pregnancy
factors in the dropout from the senior secondary school?
3. What is the relationship between financial
difficulties and dropout from senior secondary school?
4. Do students dropout from senior secondary school
due to change in career goals.
5. Do socio-economic status and family size of
parents contribute to the rate of drop outs from senior secondary school?
6. Does the desire for travel outside the country
lead to the dropout from schools?
7. Does family in the rural areas lead to dropout
in College of Education, Ekiadolor?
8. What other factors contribute to dropout from
College of Education, Ekiadolor.
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
Major asumpti0ons made in this study were:
1. The absence of employment prospect for school
leavers and graduate of higher institution make students to dropout from senior
secondary school.
2. To both parents and students the making purpose
of education is to secure gainful employment either in government service or
private sector.
3. Early marriage and unexpected pregnancy make
students to dropout from senior secondary school.
4. Student’s dropout from senior secondary school
because of financial difficulties.
5. Change in career goals makes students to dropout
from senior secondary school.
6. Children from poor homes are prone to dropout
from school.
7. Farming student’s dropout from school because of
farming activities.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
The purpose of this study was to determine the main factor
responsible for the rate of dropout from school in College of Education,
Ekiadolor.
The study examined the effect of factors such as graduate
unemployment, early marriage, unexpected pregnancy, student’s financial
difficulties and educational levels, socio-economics status and family size on
the rate of drop out from school.
It further sought to ascertain other relevant problems relating to
the rate of dropout from school.
SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
Dropout often entails unproductive expenditure. They suggest that
society has neglected its responsibility of equal educational opportunity to
its citizens. Therefore this study is undertaken in a strong belief that would
make meaningful contributions to how government administrators, and parents can
find lasting solutions to the problems of children retention in schools
generally and especially in the senior secondary school.
The study would reveal the impact of unemployment on children
attendance and completion of school. The recommendations that may be given
would be important to our government policy makers at the federal, state and
local state levels.
Finally, guidance and counsellor would find the finding of this
study useful. They could use tem to detect and prevent such symptoms that are
likely to head dropping out in the selected school subjects.
SCOPE OF STUDY
The study is delimited to College of Education, Ekiadolor-Benin.
The different schools in the College was used. Two hundred identified dropouts
from four schools in the College were used.
The sample drawn from the population is not fully a representation
of the whole school dropout in the College. As a result the extent that the
generalization could be made from the study is limited.
However, it is believed that the sample is not altogether
inadequate as subjects are drawn from towns in the local government were
dropout can be identified.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Drop out: For
the purpose of this study, the term ‘dropout’ means students who had originally
planned to obtain the senior school certificate {S.S.C} but who had left school
before graduation. The term includes all these who withdrawn from other trades.
Large family size: This
refers to a polygamous family. It also refers to a family with more than four
children.
Unexpected pregnancy: This
refers to teenage pregnancy which occurs when the teenager has not married and
she is still in the school system.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0406 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 46 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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