FAMILY FACTORS AND STUDENTS DROPOUT: A CASE STUDY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN TEHSIL JARANWAL

Abstract

Education is the key to success in all fields of life and educated children are the source of future development. Peace and prosperity of a country are directly related to education, literacy rate and numbers of educated people in the country. If the country fails to maintain its literacy level and provide education, it will be unable to achieve progress. Pakistan is one of the countries where students’ dropout rate it is so high. This research was conducted to assess the Family factors and students dropout: A case study of elementary school students in Tehsil Jaranwala. The population of the study was consisted of all government schools (female) teachers in Tehsil Jaranwala. In Tehsil Jaranwala, there were 68 female elementary schools and there were 640 female school teachers in all the elementary school. Sample size of 150 (female) teachers had been determined by using online available software www.surveysystem.com with 95% confidence level and 7% confidence interval. Simple random sampling method was used for selection of respondents. Collected data was organize and analyzed by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). A total 150 peoples took part in the survey. The main social factors which lead to dropping out are challenging subjects (mean: 3.61), Using drugs while in school (mean: 3.52) and Marriages at young ages (mean: 3.33). The family factors responsible in dropping out were Family assistance (mean: 3.67), Disruption of stability and routine (mean: 3.36), Paternal misunderstanding (mean: 3.31). The economic factors which lead to drop out were Inadequate teaching materials, inadequate knowledge of finances and financial limitations/barriers. Some teaching techniques can reduce the dropout rate Support Services for Students, Active learning and making decisions based on data. The major reasons were financial constraints, low level of education of parents and death of parents. It is suggested that the positive parental attitudes, removal of social evils such as early marriages and poverty, collaboration between schools, families and community can reduce the students’ dropout in schools.