Authors : N. Osakwe Regina and O. Osagie Stella
Abstract: The study was designed to investigate the perceived factors responsible for dropout in primary school in Delta Central Senatorial District, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised all the public primary schools. Four hypotheses were formulated and tested using the one-way Analysis Of Variance (ANOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The sample of 500 respondents was selected using the simple random sampling technique. The instrument used was the questionnaire and its face and content validity was established. The reliability coefficient value of 0.87 was established using the split half method to test the instrument’s internal consistency making it reliable for the study. The study revealed that there was no significant difference among the perception of school heads, teachers and parents on parents socio-economic status, early marriage, gender and parents perception on the value of education. Based on the findings and conclusion, it was recommended that school materials such as textbook and writing materials should be provided. Parents should give equal educational opportunities to both boys and girls.
N. Osakwe Regina and O. Osagie Stella, 2010. Perceived Factors Responsible for Dropout in Primary Schools in Delta Central Senatorial District, Nigeria. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 7: 365-370.