IDENTIFICATION OF UNDERLYING FACTORS OF STUDENTS' DROPOUT AFTER PRIMARY EDUCATION: A CASE STUDY

 
Autor (i): Amit Kumar Chakrabarty
 
Cuvinte cheie: After primary education, Students? dropout, Teacher, Neighbour, Parent, Political leader, Officers and Members of the voluntary organizations.
 
Abstract:

This paper deals with dropout problem of students after primary education. The focus of this study is on
identification of underlying factors of students’ dropout after primary education in Katwa Municipal area West
Bengal. A sample of 21 dropout students has been taken at random from 4 boys and 3 girls schools situated at
the studied area. Concerned school-teachers, parents, neighbours, political leaders, officers and members of the
voluntary organization have been selected to take their opinion about the dropout problem of the students, after
primary education. The data has been collected visiting door to door by the investigator himself and scored &
tabulated keeping in mind the Likert scoring technique. To analysis the data rank correlation, t-test of rank
correlation and chi-square test has been used. The study reveals that there are so many socio-economic factors
are responsible for students’ dropout after primary education though the degree of influence is unequal. The
author recommended some policy to arrest the growth of these factors.
 
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