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Examining factors that influence high dropout rate of female students: a case study of selected secondary schools in Nkhata-bay district

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dc.contributor.author Malongo, Cornelius
dc.date.accessioned 2021-08-09T14:46:30Z
dc.date.available 2021-08-09T14:46:30Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Malongo, C. (2016). Examining factors that influence high dropout rate of female students: a case study of selected secondary schools in Nkhata-bay district. [Masters thesis, Mzuzu University]. Mzuzu University Digital Repositpry en_US
dc.identifier.uri 192.168.2.8:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/206
dc.description.abstract It is natural that some learners who start school should fail to complete it at some point in the educational cycle. However, this becomes an issue of concern where a majority of learners withdraw before completion. The situation is even worse where one sex is predominantly affected by this phenomenon. A similar situation taking place in the northern part of Malawi in Central Africa is what has prompted this study. The researcher and other people had observed that there was a high dropout rate among female learners both at primary and secondary school level. Thus, the researcher was at pains to find out factors which influenced them to withdraw from school prematurely. The purpose of this study is to examine factors that contribute to high dropout rate of female learners insecondary school in Nkhata bay, a district in the northern part of Malawi. The study involved junior and senior secondary female learners, school managers both at district (DEM) and at regional level (EDM), secondary school head teachers, leaders of civil societies concerned with educational welfare of the girl child( CAMFED, FAWEMA, & Keep the Girl Child at School organization), and local leaders in the Northern Education Division . Data was obtained largely through interviews. The attribution and resilience theories inform this study and the results are discussed using qualitative approach within the interpretive paradigm. The findings of this study has yielded that cultural and economic factors are the major factors that influence female learners to withdraw before completion. However, the economic factors have surfaced as the factors which have the worst impact on female dropout rate in Nkhata bay district en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Mzuzu University en_US
dc.title Examining factors that influence high dropout rate of female students: a case study of selected secondary schools in Nkhata-bay district en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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