Contributing Factors for Girls’ School Dropout among Rural Girls: the case of Oromia Nationality Zone, Ethiopia

International Journal of Humanities and Social Science

© 2020 by SSRG - IJHSS Journal

Volume 7 Issue 4

Year of Publication : 2020

Authors : Fatuma Abdu Ali

10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V7I4P119

How to Cite?

Fatuma Abdu Ali, "Contributing Factors for Girls’ School Dropout among Rural Girls: the case of Oromia Nationality Zone, Ethiopia," SSRG International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, vol. 7,  no. 4, pp. 131-139, 2020. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23942703/IJHSS-V7I4P119

Abstract:

Across the world for improving women’s status education is considered as the most significant instrument and also has a profound effect on girls’ and
women’s ability to claim other rights, girls overall attain less education and tend to drop out earlier as compared to boys because of different factors. Though, this study was done aiming to investigate contributing factors for girls’ school dropout focusing on the Oromia Nationality zone, Amhara regional state. A cross-sectional study design with a mixed research approach was applied and the data were collected from five purposively selected second cycle schools from five Woredas/districts by using data collection tools of the questioner, interview, and focus group discussion/FGD. The respondents were 384 randomly selected grade 9 and 10 female students from five secondary schools, purposively selected 5 school administrators, 30 teachers, 10 parents, 5 religious leaders 4 zone education, and Woreda administrators. The secondary data on students’ enrolments and dropout status were collected from the Woreda and Zonal education offices. The study explored a high girls’ school dropout rate with the average rate of 20% because of early marriage, migration, community’s biased attention to girls’ education, and school distance. Girls have dropped out of their education from the lower grades tremendously without any improvement. Though, girls’ education needs all responsible stakeholders’ attention seriously. The study recommends as the problem is deep-rooted it needs cooperative Practical actions with appropriate monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of laws, policies, and strategies regarding children’s education, age of marriage, and violence against women and girls.

Keywords:

Contributing factor, Education, Enrolment rate, Girls School dropout

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