Causes of school dropouts among girls in primary schools in Kasawo sub-county, Mukono district.
| dc.contributor.author | Namuswe Prossy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-05-09T10:23:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-05-09T10:23:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The effects of girls’ school dropout rate on the academic performance of learners and, education in general, is the concern of the 21st century. The purpose of the study was to establish the relationship between the effects of the girls’ school dropout rate and the academic performance of learners in primary schools in Kasawo town council. The objectives were to find out the effects of girls’ school dropout rate in primary schools in Kasawo Town Council, Mukono District; to find out the status of academic performance of learners in primary schools in Kasawo Town Council, Mukono District; to assess the relationship between the effects of girls’ school dropout rate and the academic performance of learners in primary schools in Kasawo Town Council, in Mukono District. The study used across sectional survey research design, employing both qualitative, quantitative and, focused group discussion approaches. The study population of 10 teachers and 70 learners in government-aided schools participated in the study. A structured questionnaire and interviews were the instruments for collecting data. A content validity index [CVI] was computed. For reliability, a test to retest method was used and a Cronbach Alpha was computed and used after pretesting and after the whole data is collected. Conclusively, increased girls’ school dropout rate affected pupils due to rarely attending school. Consequently, this affected pupils’ learning schedules and consistency in class. This resulted into poor academic performance of learners due to lack of the constant guidance by the teachers. There was a highly positive significant relationship between girl child school dropout rate and the academic performance of learners at the one percent level two tailed. These results implied that as school closure due to girls’ school dropout rate contributed 69.4% to the status of the academic performance of learners and the remaining 30.6% was caused by other factors. It was recommended that as school administrators observed the guide learners and sensitize them about the disadvantages of school dropout, it would adopt other means like online class so that pupils could attend school regularly, create discussion groups through WhatsApp, zoom to increase on the contact time with other learners and encourage them not to dropout. Political authorities at the village, Sub County, district and nation enacted laws to streamline the system and protect girls from common causes of dropout. The school administration and stakeholders should provide extra classes, incentives and bursaries and also provide extra support to those pupils that could not count using mental head effectively, divide effectively in math to improve the status of academic performance. Society should be sensitized about protection of girls in school | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Namuswe, P. (2024). Causes of school dropouts among girls in primary schools in Kasawo sub-county, Mukono District. [Research report]. Busitema University. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://bdears.busitema.ac.ug/handle/123456789/2237 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Busitema University | |
| dc.title | Causes of school dropouts among girls in primary schools in Kasawo sub-county, Mukono district. | |
| dc.type | Thesis |