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Students are the basic component for any school to be registered by the Ministry
of Education Science and Technology. The retention of the students within the
education system is a great challenge to all stakeholders as some may drop out
before completion of a certain course. The girl-child has been faced by the
problem of dropping out from school. The study sought to find out the home
based factors that contribute to girls’ dropout from mixed-day secondary schools
in Mtito-Andei division, Makueni County. The researcher aimed at coming up
with findings and recommendations which would create awareness among the
administrators and policy makers in formulating educational policies to minimize
this problem. The study was guided by the following objectives: To determine the
contribution of household income on girls’ drop out in Mixed-day secondary
schools, to find out the extent to which family composition contribute to girls’
drop out from Mixed-day secondary schools and to establish whether parent’s
level of education contributes to the drop out of girls in Mixed-day secondary
schools. The research used descriptive survey design. The target population
included 19 public mixed-day secondary schools in Mtito-Andei division. A
proportionate random sample of 9 schools was selected for the study from the 3
zones that form Mtito-Andei division. The respondents included 228girls and 9
Form 4 class teachers. Data was collected through administration of
questionnaires. Data collected was coded, cleaned and categorized manually by
the researcher and processed by use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences
(SPSS). It was then analyzed using frequency distribution tables, percentages, bar
graphs and pie charts. The study found out that household income, family
composition and parent’s level of education positively contribute to girls’ dropout
in Mixed-day secondary schools in Mtito-Andei division, Makueni County. The
study further found out that poor economic growth has led to persistent poverty in
Kenya, where about 50% of Kenyans live below poverty line and are therefore
unable to access basic needs like food, shelter, health and education. This is
because farming, the common source of income for most families, depends on the
availability of rainfall. The study among others recommended that parents should
consider investing in higher education of the girl child equitably to that of the boy
child. |
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