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Secondary School Dropouts in OHAOZARA Local Government Area:Causes, Implications for Male Students and Intervention Strategies for Educational Administrators


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1 Department of Educational Foundations, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
 

Background/Objectives: This research paid attention to the causes of secondary school dropouts of male students in OHAOZARA local government area (L.G. A.) of Ebonyi State, Nigeria; its implications for students and existing actions by erudition administrators. The work was guided by three study questions.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: The descriptive analysis design was adopted for the research. The population constituted of students and principals in all the community secondary schools in the area of this research. The sample comprised of students and all the principals in the research district. There were two sets of prearranged questionnaires self developed and adopted for the research; one for the students and the other for the principals. The statistical tool used to evaluate the data was mean ± standard deviation.

Findings: After the study, the results showed that the key factors influencing school withdraw among male secondary school students in OHAOZARA L.G.A. are due to students’ disenchantment about education; society’s acknowledgment for wealthy people no matter how they made their money and the complicated nature of some school subjects cum the uninteresting environment of poor teaching strategies and results.

Improvements/Applications: The principals ought to enhance the environmental conditions in their schools to give students the inducement to continue in school, increase understanding and skills through work hard.


Keywords

Secondary, School, OHAOZARA, Students, Principals and Males.
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Aja-Okorie Uzoma
Department of Educational Foundations, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria
Adali A. Onele
Department of Educational Foundations, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria

Abstract


Background/Objectives: This research paid attention to the causes of secondary school dropouts of male students in OHAOZARA local government area (L.G. A.) of Ebonyi State, Nigeria; its implications for students and existing actions by erudition administrators. The work was guided by three study questions.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: The descriptive analysis design was adopted for the research. The population constituted of students and principals in all the community secondary schools in the area of this research. The sample comprised of students and all the principals in the research district. There were two sets of prearranged questionnaires self developed and adopted for the research; one for the students and the other for the principals. The statistical tool used to evaluate the data was mean ± standard deviation.

Findings: After the study, the results showed that the key factors influencing school withdraw among male secondary school students in OHAOZARA L.G.A. are due to students’ disenchantment about education; society’s acknowledgment for wealthy people no matter how they made their money and the complicated nature of some school subjects cum the uninteresting environment of poor teaching strategies and results.

Improvements/Applications: The principals ought to enhance the environmental conditions in their schools to give students the inducement to continue in school, increase understanding and skills through work hard.


Keywords


Secondary, School, OHAOZARA, Students, Principals and Males.

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