THE STUDENTS DROPOUT IN SECONDARY SCHOOL OF WEST WOLLEGGA ZONE DESALEGN YIGAZU ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA JUNE 2018 THE STUDENTS DROPOUT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF WEST WOLLEGGA ZONE DESALEGN YIGAZU A THESIS SUMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT PRESENTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THEREQUIREMENT FORTHE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS (SCHOOL LEADERSHIP) ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY ADDIS ABABA ETHIOPIA JUNE 2018 ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND BEHAVIORAL STUDIES THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT THE THESIS PREPARED BY DESALEGN YIGAZU TITLED THE STUDENTS DROPOUT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF WEST WOLLEGGA ZONE COMPLIES WITH THE REGULATION OF UNIVERSITY AND MEETS THE ACCEPTED STANDARDS WITH RESPECT TO ORIGINALITY AND QUALITY. SIGNED BY EXAMINING COMMITTEE INTERNAL EXAMINOR___________SIGNATURE______DATE______ EXTERNAL EXAMINER _________ SIGNATURE_____ DATE______ ADVISOR______________________SIGNATURE_____DATE_______ _____________________________________________________________ CHAIR OF DEPARTMENT OR GRADUATE PROGRAM CORDINATOR Acknowledgements First and foremost my gratitude goes to my advisor Dr. Wossenu Yimam for his valuable professional assistance, and suggestions he gave me throughout my research study. Next, I would like to thank my fiancée Ms, Amelework Gebissa, my father and brothers who has been very helpful to me in providing moral and material support during my study. Finally, I am highly, indebted to West Wollegga Zone Education office, sample Woreda Education office, school principals, teachers, students and parents for their unreserved support during data collection. i Table of Contents List of contents page Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................. i List of Tables ...................................................................................................................... v Acronyms .......................................................................................................................... vii Abstract ............................................................................................................................ viii CHAPTER ONE ................................................................................................................. 1 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY .......................................................................... 1 1.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ..................................................................................... 2 1.3. RESEARCH QUESTIONS ................................................................................................ 3 1.4. GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ........................................................................... 4 1.4.1.Specific Objective of the Study .......................................................................... 4 1.5.SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ....................................................................................... 4 1.6.DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY ...................................................................................... 5 1.7.LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................ 5 1.8. DEFINITIONS OF KEY TERMS ....................................................................................... 5 1.9. ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY ................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................ 7 REVIEWS OF RELATED LITERATURE ........................................................................ 7 2.1. THE CONCEPT OF DROPOUT ........................................................................................ 7 2.2. MAJOR FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENT TO DROPOUT.............................................. 7 2.2.1 External Factors ................................................................................................ 10 2.2.2 Internal Factors ................................................................................................. 12 2.3 MAGNITUDE OF DROP OUT ......................................................................................... 16 2.3.1 Dropout Rates by Grade ................................................................................... 17 2.3.2 Dropout Rates by Sex ....................................................................................... 17 2.4. MAGNITUDE OF THE STUDENT’S DROPOUT RATE OF WEST WOLLEGGA ZONE ......... 18 2.5. EFFECT OF STUDENT DROPOUT ................................................................................. 18 ii 2.5.1. EFFECT OF STUDENT DROPOUT ON EFFICIENCY OF EDUCATION ....................... 18 2.5.2. Effect of Dropout on Society ........................................................................... 19 2.5.3. Effect of Dropout on Individual Student ......................................................... 19 2.6. MEASURES COULD BE TAKEN TO REDUCE DROPOUT .............................................. 20 2.6.1. State Wide Initiative ........................................................................................ 20 2.6.2. DROPOUT PREVENTION PROGRAMS ................................................................ 21 CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................................... 22 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ............................................................ 22 3.1. THE RESEARCH METHOD .......................................................................................... 22 3.2. RESEARCH DESIGN .................................................................................................... 22 3.3. RESEARCH STUDY AREA ........................................................................................... 22 3.4 SOURCE OF DATA ....................................................................................................... 24 3.4.1 Primary Sources of Data ................................................................................... 24 3.4.2 Secondary Sources of Data ............................................................................... 24 3.5 SAMPLING TECHNIQUES OF THE STUDY ..................................................................... 24 3.6 INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES OF DATA ANALYSIS .............................................. 25 3.6.1 Instruments of Data Collection ......................................................................... 25 3.7 PROCEDURES OF DATA ANALYSIS .............................................................................. 26 3.8 ETHICAL CONSIDERATION .......................................................................................... 27 CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................. 28 PRESENTATIONS, ANALSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS ......................................... 28 4.1 BACKGROUND OF RESPONDENTS ............................................................................... 28 4.1.1. STUDENTS RESPONDENTS BY GRADE ............................................................... 31 4.2. ANALYSIS OF DOCUMENTS ........................................................................................ 31 4.2.1 Students Dropout of West Wollegga Zone ....................................................... 32 4.2.2 Students Drop out in Woreda Level of West Wollegga Zone. ......................... 33 4.2.3 Students Dropout in Secondary Schools of West Wollegga Zone. .................. 34 4.3 ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSES OF PARTICIPANTS........................................................ 35 4.3.1 Analysis of the Factors that Influences Students to Dropout ........................... 36 4.3.2 The Effect of Dropout on Efficiency of Education .......................................... 42 iii 4.3.3. The Techniques to Improve Dropout ............................................................... 46 CHAPTER FIVE ............................................................................................................... 52 SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATION ....................................... 52 5.2 SUMMARY OF THE MAJOR FINDINGS .......................................................................... 52 5.1.1. Summary ..................................................................................................... 52 5.1.2. Conclusions ................................................................................................. 55 5.1.3. Recommendations ....................................................................................... 56 References ......................................................................................................................... 58 APPENDECES ................................................................................................................. 66 Refrence …………………………………………………………………………………58 Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………. 66 iv List of Tables Table 1Student dropout secondary schools of West Wollegga Zone.. 17 Table 2 Respondents Background……………………………………. 29 Table 3 Students Respondents Grade…………………………………. 31 Table 4 Trend Dropout of Secondary School of West Wollegga Zone.. 32 Table 5 Students Drop out of Woreda Level of West