EFFECT OF SOME NON-PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES ON SECONDARY SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN KADUNA STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELLING
EFFECT OF SOME NON-PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES ON SECONDARY SCHOOL DROPOUTS IN KADUNA STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELLING
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2014-05
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OLORUNFEMI, MODUPE
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Abstract
The study investigated the effect of some non-psychological variables on public
secondary school dropouts in Kaduna state. To guide the study, four research
questions were asked and answered, four Null hypotheses were formulated and tested
at 0.05 level of significance. The population consisted of all the dropout students aged
14-19 years from public secondary schools in Kaduna State. 450 students were used
as samples of study. The design of the study was Expost facto using the past school
attendance registers and cumulative record as the major instruments. The data was
collected using self-constructed scale tagged Dropouts Assessment Scale (DAS)
developed by the researcher, validated by experts at reliability coefficient of γ0.84.
The data collected were expressed using percentage and frequency distribution of
dropout and was analyzed with chi-square statistics. The results indicated that there
was significant relationship between school location and the rate of school dropout in
public secondary schools in Kaduna State, there was significant relationship between
parental level of Education and the rate of school dropout in public secondary
schools in Kaduna State, there was significant relationship between the class level
and the rate of dropout in public secondary school in Kaduna State. However, further
analysis in the fourth hypothesis clearly showed that there was no significant
relationship between Gender and the rate of dropout in public secondary schools in
Kaduna State. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that more
schools should be established in rural areas so as to make schools readily accessible
for the students. It was also recommended that Guidance Counselors need to reorientate
students and the parents with lower level of education on the benefits of
school completion. More school counselors should be trained by the government and
also be employed by the respective state government, especially, Kaduna state in
particular in order to determine methods for inspiring and sustaining a passion for
learning and commitment among secondary school students that can reduce or wipe
out dropout. Further recommendation is the need for the state ministry of education in
collaboration with the school counselors to organize public enlightenment
programmes that will aim at educating students and parents on the benefits of
completing secondary school education.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA.
Keywords
EFFECT OF SOME,, NON-PSYCHOLOGICAL, VARIABLES,, DROPOUTS IN KADUNA STATE,, SECONDARY SCHOOL,, IMPLICATIONS.