TITLE:
Prevalence of Primary School Dropout in Bale Zone Pastoralists of Oromia Region, Southeastern Ethiopia
AUTHORS:
Teshome Sirak, Gamachu Gishe
KEYWORDS:
Prevalence, Primary School, Dropouts, Pastoralists
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.3 No.3,
March
24,
2016
ABSTRACT: Primary school dropout in the area of pastoralists is a complex issue in
Ethiopia particularly in Oromia Region, Bale Zone. However, the problem has not
been addressed yet. Thus, this study is conducted with the aim to assess the
prevalence of primary school dropout in Bale Zone of Oromia Region,
Southeastern Ethiopia. Cross-sectional research design was used to attain the
objective of the research. School principals, supervisors, members of parent
teacher association and Kebele education and training board, woredas and zonal
education office heads were participated in this study. Varity of data
collection tools were employed namely, interview, focus group discussion guide
and document analysis. The analysis was made both quantitatively and qualitatively
as per the nature of the data. The results show that the overall dropout rate
was 13%. More specifically, the highest dropout rate was found in grade seven
for boys and in grade five for girls. In the schools which have food support
the rate was low and vise versa. Out of the four woredas of the study area the
rate was high in Sewena.