Research Report: Reasons Behind Girl Child’s Dropout in Primary Schools – The Case of Awerial County, Lakes State, in South Sudan
The author, Ustaz John Garang Ayii Riak, is a Master’s Degree Student on Comparative Education Program, Zhejiang Normal University, East China
NAME: JOHN GARANG AYII RIAK
SUPERVISOR: DR. ZHANG YANJUN
MAJOR: COMPARATIVE EDUCATION
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION, ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY
ABSTRACT
This study analyzes the reasons behind girl child’s dropout in primary schools in Eastern Part of Lakes State, by making a comprehensive analysis of existing literatures on the girl child’s dropout subjects. However,very few researches have been done on the reasons behind girl child’s dropouts in Eastern Part of Lakes State.
The researcher used three theories to elucidate how specific reason affect girls, leading them to dropouts from schools and the theories have also clarified how girls should be supported in the schools to achieve their potentials in their lives and how girls’ dropout should be stopped.
The research used qualitative method that has involved three data collection tools such as interviews, documentary analysis, and classrooms observations. The respondents were included staff from the State MoE, primary and secondary headmasters and teachers, International Education Partners, both school girls and dropout girls, plus parents.
Findings revealed that, the key reasons causing girls’ dropout are cultural practices such as early and forced marriages, political factors such as rooted war and inter-communal conflicts over cattle raiding, school environmental factors, lack of implementations of girls’ education policies and national laws, plus widespread economic crisis in the country and especially in the State.
Finally, the researcher has provided few recommendations, which will be adopted by policy makers in the MoE and International Education NGOs to stop girls’ dropout from schools. The researcher provided the conclusion that girls should be treated equally like boys to have equal access to education opportunities which is a necessity to increase their participation in education.
Keywords: Girls’ child, dropout, girls’ education, political factors, economic factors and cultural practices.
This thesis is dedicated to the following people; my beloved wife Monica Ayuen Garang and I also dedicated it to my beloved parents Ayii Riak Aboor (Father) and Athou Bol Piel (mother) and to my caring siblings Abraham Aboor Ayii Riak, Bol Ayaau Riak and Abraham Aboor Ayaau Riak plus Ayen and Ajah Ayii Riak.
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