FACTORS AGRAVATING STUDENTS’ DROPOUT IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF WELLEGA ZONE, OROMIAREGIONAL STATE,

FOR PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE MA DEGREE IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

BY

TOLESSA MERGA

ADVISOR

DEJENE NIGUSSE (PhD)

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION & BEHAVIORAL STUDIES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

JUNE, 2019

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA

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CERTIFICATION

The undersigned certify that I have read and hereby recommend for acceptance by the Addis Ababa University of Ethiopia dissertation entitled: study Factors for Aggravating Students Dropout in Government Secondary Schools of Horo Guduru Wellega zone, Regional state, Ethiopia, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for award of the degree of Masters of School Leadership(SLP) of the Addis Ababa University of Ethiopia.

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Dr. Dejene

(Advisor)

Date......

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DECLARATION

I Tolessa Merga Debelo declare that this dissertation is my own original work and that it has not been presented and will not be presented to any other university of higher institution of learning for a similar or any other Masters Degree award.

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Tolessaa merga

Date………………………………

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ADDISABEBA UNIVERSITY

College of Education and Behavioral Study

We hereby certify that we have read and evaluated this Thesis entitled Factors Aggravating Students’ Dropout in Government Secondary Schools of Horo Guduru Wollega Zone,Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Prepared under our guidance by Tolessa Merga. We recommend that it be submitted as fulfilling the thesis requirement ______

Major Advisor Signature Date

As a member of the Board of Examiners of the MA Thesis Open Defense Examination, we certify that we have read and evaluated the Thesis prepared by Tolessa Merga and examined the candidate. We recommended that the thesis be accepted as fulfilling the Thesis requirements for the degree of Master of Art in School Leadership and Management. ______Chairperson Signature Date

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Final approval and acceptance of the Thesis is contingent upon the submission of its final copy to the Council of Graduate Studies (CGS) through the candidate’s department of school graduate committee (DGC or SGC).

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DEDICATION

I dedicate this project to my dear parents: my Brother Asirat Merkebe and my wife Birinesh Desissa for having given me the opportunity to excel in my academics.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to express my deepest gratitude and heartfelt thanks to my advisor Dr. Dejene Nigusse, For his assistance in guidance, constructive support and encouragement throughout the work. His corrections and critical remarks from the preparation of the proposal to the completion the thesis were very useful. And I would like to say thank you to my brother Ato Asirat Merkebe in helping me during the preparation of my thesis, in preparing the SPS program and I would like to extend my gratitude to woreda secondary schools and Jardaga Jarte woreda secondary schools administrations, Teachers and parents for their supporting in many aspects in this thesis work.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ...... i Table of Contents ...... ii List of tables ...... v List of figure ...... vi Abbreviations and Acronyms ...... vii Abstract ...... viii CHAPTER ONE ...... 1 1. INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1. Background of the Study ...... 1 1.2. Statement of the Problem ...... 6 1.3. Research Questions ...... 7 1.4. Objectives of the study ...... 7 1.4.1. General Objective of the Study ...... 7 1.4.2. Specific Objectives of the Study ...... 8 1.5. Significance of the Study ...... 8 1.6. Scope of the Study...... 8 1.7. Limitation of the study ...... 10 1.8. Organization of the Study ...... 11 CHAPTER TWO ...... 12 2. LITERATURE REVIEW ...... 12 2.1. Global Situation of School Dropout ...... 12 2.2. School Dropout Situation in Africa ...... 13 2.3. Theoretical Literature ...... 15 2.3.1. Social capital theory ...... 15 2.4. Factors Aggravate to Drop Out of School ...... 16 2.4.1. School factors as related to school dropouts ...... 16 2.4.2. Teacher students relationship ...... 17 2.4.3. Teaching approaches ...... 17 2.4.4. School curriculum ...... 18 2.4.5. Distance from school ...... 18 2.4.6. Corporal punishment ...... 19

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2.4.7. School management style ...... 20 2.5. Gender as Related to School Dropout ...... 21 2.6. The Influence of Parent’s Education Level to students’ Dropout ...... 23 2.7. Empirical Review and Knowledge Gap ...... 24 CHAPTER THREE ...... 26 3. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ...... 26 3.1. Area of the Study...... 26 3.2. Research Design ...... 26 3.3. Population...... 26 3.3.1. Target population ...... 26 3.4. Sample size and Sample Technique ...... 26 3.4.1. Sample size ...... 26 3.4.2. Sampling technique ...... 27 3.5. Data Collection Methods and Instruments ...... 27 3.5.1. Questionnaire ...... 27 3.5.2. Interview ...... 27 3.5.3. Focus group discussion ...... 28 3.6. Source of Data ...... 28 3.6.1. Primary data ...... 28 3.6.2. Secondary data ...... 29 3.7. Data Analysis Technique ...... 29 3.7.1. Qualitative data analysis ...... 29 3.7.2. Quantitative data analysis ...... 29 3.8. Ethical Consideration ...... 30 CHAPTER FOUR ...... 31 4. DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION ...... 31 4.1. The significances difference in dropout boys and girl ...... 31 4.2. Age of respondents ...... 32 4.3. School Factors contributing to students dropping out of School ...... 34 4.3.1. Family income level ...... 34 4.3.2. Distance from the school ...... 34 4.3.3. Student teacher Relationships ...... 35 4.3.4. Corporal punishment ...... 35

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4.3.5. School management style ...... 36 4.3.6. Lack of parents ...... 37 4.3.7. Addiction ...... 37 4.4. The influence of Family education level ...... 38 CHAPTER FIVE ...... 39 5. SUMMAARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS...... 39 5.1. Introduction ...... 39 5.2. Summary ...... 39 5.3. Conclusion ...... 39 5.3.1. The school factors which contribute to students dropping out of school ...... 39 5.3.2. To assess the influence of parents’ education level on pupil dropping out from school ...... 40 5.3.3. To determine which group between boys and girls are dropping out than the other? ...... 40 5.4. Recommendation ...... 41 References ...... 43 Appendixes ...... 46

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List of tables

Table 1 Summary Enrolment of students...... 6 Table 2 Summary of continuous variables...... 32 Table 3 Summary of categorical variables...... 33 Table 4 Summery of Family in Come Level ...... 34 Table 5 Summary of Student-teacher relationship ...... 35 Table 6 Summary of Corporal punishment ...... 35 Table 7 Summary of Management style ...... 36 Table 8 Summary of lack of parents ...... 37 Table 9 Summary of Addiction practice ...... 37 Table 10 Summary of Educational level of parents ...... 38

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List of figure

Figure 1 Map of H/G/Wollega ...... 10

Figure 2 sex of respondents ...... 32

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Abbreviations and Acronyms

CSA-Central Statistics Agency

EC- Ethiopian colander

EFA-education For All

GNR-General Enrolment Rate

GNR-Gross National Product

MDG-Millennium Development goal

NER-Net Enrolment Rate

UN-United Nation

USA-united State of America

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ABSTRACT

The main objective of the study to aggravate students drop out problem among the Secondary school students in Horo GuduruWollega Zone Orom