School Dropout Pattern among Senior Secondary Schools in Delta State, Nigeria

Autor/in	Ajaja, O. Patrick
Titel	School Dropout Pattern among Senior Secondary Schools in Delta State, Nigeria
Quelle	In: International Education Studies, 5 (2012) 2, S.145-153 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1913-9020
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Dropouts; Secondary School Students; Hypothesis Testing; Attendance; Student Records; Statistical Analysis; Gender Differences; Geographic Location; Rural Schools; Public Schools; Institutional Characteristics; Coeducation; Single Sex Schools; Private Schools; Urban Schools; Influences; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Sekundarschüler; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Anwesenheit; Schülerakte; Statistische Analyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Koedukation; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Private school; Privatschule; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor
Abstract	The major purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of dropout among secondary school students in Delta State. To guide this study, 7 research questions were asked and answered, 3 hypotheses stated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design of study was ex post facto using the past school attendance registers as the major instrument. The samples of the study consisted of 120 senior secondary schools and 120 vice principals. The collected data were expressed in percentages, and analyzed with t-test statistic. The major findings of this study included: (i) a higher percentage of dropouts in SSI, and a decline in SSII; (ii) a higher percentage of dropouts among females in all parameters; (iii) a higher percentage of dropouts in rural schools; (iv) a higher percentage of dropouts in mixed schools; (v) a higher percentage of dropouts in public schools; (vi) a significant difference on percentage dropouts between male and female single sex schools; (vii) a significant difference on percentage of dropouts between mixed and single sex schools; and (viii) a significant difference on percentage dropouts between schools in urban and rural areas. It was concluded that the single most important factor, which influenced pattern of dropouts, was student's sex. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01