The Causes of Female Students Dropout in Schools (A Case Study of Tehsil Kalaya, District Orakzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan):

Abstract

This study is aimed to explore; ‘The Causes of Female Students Dropout In schools (A Case Study of Tehsil Kalaya, District Orakzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). There are two middle and one primary government school in village Sepoy, Tehsil Kalaya, District Orakzai. The main purpose of this study is to find out the cause of female students dropout in schools; village Sepoy, Tehsil Kalaya, District Orakzai. There are many causes of students drop out. The causes of female dropout found in this study are related to parents financial factor, school distance, family background, household factor, lack of parents involvement in school, poor school facilities and infrastructure, poor administration, death of parents, socio-economic factor, lack of parents supervision, curriculum issue, teacher behavior factor, students interest, parents’ divorce, and the marriages of girls in early age. The study uses descriptive, analytical and quantitative approach by collecting data through questionnaires from teachers of two middle and one primary government schools of village Sepoy, Tehsil Kalaya, District Orakzai. Sixty questionnaires were distributed randomly amongst the teachers to collect the relevant data and the result has been analyzed in general.