Factors Responsible For The High School Dropout Rates In Primary Schools Of Butuntumula Sub-county, LuWero District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

APPROVAL .ii

DEDICATION .iii

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction I

1.l Background of the study

1.2 Problem statement I

1.3 Purpose of the study 4

1.4 Specific objectives Research Questions 4 1.oScopeofthcstudy -

1.6.1 SubjcctScope

1.6.2 Geographical scope -

1.6.3 Time scope

1.7 Significance of the study 

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW o

2.0 Introduction C)

2.1 Socio economic factors responsible for high school dropout rates in primar) schools

2.2 Structural factors responsible for high school dropout rates I u

2.3 Measures adopted for reducing school dropouts in primary schools in Uganda

CHAPTER THREE 17

METHOLOGY 17

3.0 Introduction 17

3.1 StudY design

3.2 Study population

3.3 Sample Population 

3.3! Sampling procedures .1 

3.4 Data collection 18

3.4, Questionnaires .19

3.3.2 Interview .I ~

3.5 Sources of data 18

3.5.  Primary source 1 8

3.1.2 Secondary Source 1 9

3.6 Reliability and Validity 9

3.7 Data analysis

3.8 Ethical consideration 19

3.9 Limitations of the study 19

CHAPTER FOUR 2! DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 21

4.0 Introduction 21

4.1 Respondent’s Particulars 21

4. 1 . I Gender of respondents 21
4.1 .2 Age Categorization 22

4.1.3 Education level of respondents 22

4.1 .4 Marital status of respondents 23

4.2 Social cultural and economic factors that lead to high school dropout in primary schools in Butuntumula sub-county 24

4.2 Whether socio-economie environment induce high school dropout in primary schools 24

4.2.2 Social Sectors that induce high school dropout in primary schools 25

4.2.3 Economic factors responsible high school dropout in primary schools 26

4.3 Structural factors that are responsible for school 26

4.3.1 Whether structural factors are responsible for school dropout in primary schools 27

4.4 Whether the schools administration established measures for reducing school dropouts in liutuntumula sub-county 29

4.4.3 Measures can be adopted for reducing school dropouts in Primary schools in Uganda...30

CHAPTER FIVE 

SUMMARY. DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATiONS 32 

 5.1 Summary .32

5.2 DISCUSSIOH OF findings

5.3 Conclusion

5.4 RECOMMENDATION

5.5 Areas of further study .36

Appendices i: Appendix, Research instrument 41

Appendix ii: Actual Research Budget 44

Appendix iii: Time schedule tbr the research 45