Students Dropout in Oromiya Llyuzone the Case of Sebeta Secondary Schools
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to gain a contextual understanding of the drop
out factors in specific schools in sebeta town. The main objective of the study was to
know the cause for drop out and what would be the possible solution to enhance the
following questions. 1) What are the drops out factors? 2) What are the pushingfactors
leading them to drop out of school? 3) What are the perceptions of teachers and other
stakeholders towards drop out? 4) What can be done to address this issue? An applieq,
interpretive, qualitative research design was used This involved an investigation of the
subjective experiences of students' drop out of school during the secondary cycle phase
of their education at specific schools. Informants were purposively selected according
to specific criteria. Data were collected through six semi-structured interviews with
students who dropped out of schools, a semi-structured discussion with focus group
interview and collages. The data were transcribed and analyzed using a qualitative
thematic analysis, and compared to previous research gleaned from an extensive
literature review. Results that emerged from this study indicated that the participants
experienced several barriers to learning embedded in the inter connected, which could
cause them to drop out from schools. This included issues such as single parent
families, family conflict, lack of parental support, emotional difficulties due to home
circumstances. The results from this study, therefore, highlighted areas that could
receive attention in the specific schools to address the problem for learners who
dropped out of schools, further qualitative research is recommended to investigate this
phenomenon in broader spectrum of Oromiya liyu zone learners
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