CAUSES AND EFFECTS PF DROPOUT IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL. A CASE STUDY OF OWAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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CAUSES AND
EFFECTS PF DROPOUT IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOL. A CASE STUDY OF OWAN
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
The
purpose of this study is to find out the high incidence of school dropout in
recent times.
A
study was conducted in Owan Local Government Area of Edo state. The study was
conducted to find out the locality.
On
analysis of data collected from respondents, it was discovered that the cause
and effect of school dropout in Owan Local Government Area includes,
a.
home
background {broken homes, dearth, poverty, unhealthy human relation}
b.
School
environment {peer group, indiscipline, poor classroom interaction}.
c.
Society
{poor parental care, cultism immaturity}
d.
Personal
factor {health, accident and self concept}.
Base on the finding of this
research, the following recommendations were made,
1.
Government
should provide guidance and counselling to students in the area.
2.
Teacher
and parents should co-operate to discipline the students.
3.
Cultism
should be abolished.
4.
Good
health facilities should be provided.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE: GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Background of the study
Statement of problems
Purpose of study
Significance of the study
Research questions
Scope of the study
Limitation of the study
Definition of terms
CHAPTER
TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
The sampled area
The sampled subject
Data collection instruments
Validity and reliability of instrument
Data collection procedure
Description of statistical techniques
CHAPTER
FOUR
Data analysis
CHAPTER FIVE
Discussion of results
Summary and conclusion
Recommendations and suggestion for further research
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRES
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
In the ancient time, we have formal
or traditional educational system which Nigerian’s or indigenous people used to
educate their own children this is what has been called occupational education
before the coming of the Europeans and their western education to Nigerian.
The purpose of this type of
education was to make the young ones grow up in such a way that, they will
understand the society into which they were born, acquired the knowledge, skill
understand the attitude and appreciate the culture. However the general
education sill have area of specialization which includes palm fruit, packig
hunting, carpentering, etc.
As a result of the missionary
activities in Nigeria, a formal type of education was established with the aim
of training people who can read, understand and interpret the bible. The
aim also was to produce people who would be of service too the member of the
trinity of colonialism and church. The white collar jobs which the formal
education provided, made many citizen to attend schools, some of them did not
complete their educational career due to economics, social and physical
handicaps which will be exhaustively dealt with in subsequent chapters.
Every year a great number of
students dropout of school due to some factors such as ill health, attitude of
teacher and peer group influence. Those who drooped out of school constitute
nuisance in the society. They can either be found roaming in the street or
seeking for opportunity to steal. However a lot of these dropout involves
themselves in crimes and eventually end up in prison and in extreme cases
executed for armed robbery offence.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
In
carrying out this study, it is necessary to identify the possible causes and
effect of school dropout in Owan Local Government Area. They include:-
1.
Financial
problem could hamper schooling.
2.
Loss
of parents or sponsor could hinder school
3.
Unhealthy
human relationships in school, quarrel, hatred, fighting etc can cause dropout
in secondary school.
4.
Low
mental ability can make a student to dropout of school.
PURPOSE OF STUDY
1.
The
researcher work has as its main objective the causes and effect of school
dropout among students in some selected secondary school in Owan Local
Government Area of Edo State.
2.
The
researcher wants to know the problem face by students in school which lead to
dropout.
3.
The
researcher wants to find solution to the problems of school dropout in Owan
Local Government Area of Edo state.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
significance is that, it will help us to produce manpower needed in our society
and also how to minimize the causes and effect of dropout in secondary school.
RESEARCH QUESTION
To
provide solution to the stated problem, the following research questions, were
put forward:
1.
Do
students dropout because of financial problem to meet their basic needs?
2.
Does
broken home cause students to dropout of students from school?
3.
Does
poor students and teachers relationship cause school dropout?
4.
To
what extent does participation in secret cults cause dropout in secondary
school?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study is limited to Owan Local Government Area, Edo State.
The
sample will be four secondary schools. The subject will be one hundred
students. Twenty five each from four schools selected. The study will also
involve some principals and teachers of the schools to be visited.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
1.
School
dropout:
Means student who after gaining admission into secondary school due to one
reason or another are unable to complete their school career.
2.
Delinquency: Illegal or
immoral behaviour especially by young people.
3.
Hooligan: Rough person
who fight and makes noise in the streets.
4.
In
chastised:
Not discipline
5.
Permissive: Act of
allowing
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