In 2004 Mozambique has made amazing efforts that opened up educational
opportunities for many primary school children. According to Ministério da
Educação (2012: 1), the number of children who enrolled in primary schools
jumped from 1,5 million in 1992 to about 6 million in 2011. Despite these
commendable efforts, many children drop out from primary schools after gaining
initial access. As stated by the Ministério da Educação (2012: 57), the dropout
rate in the country was over 10%. Thus, this study sought to delve into the
reasons that lead primary school children to drop out from school and identify
measures to curb the problem. To do so, a case study approach was used.
Specifically, the study used in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and
participant observation of behaviour in a single school in Chicualacuala. The
study revealed that at least four categories of factors namely child-based-,
household-based-, school-based- and community-based factors give rise to
dropout. These factors were informed by the Bronfenbrenner ecological
framework, which is the lens through which this study was conducted. Indeed, it
was found that dropout was a process rather than a single event and almost
always it had signs to predict its occurrence. In the light of these findings, the
study gave a number of recommendations. These include enrolling children
early, improving the performance of children, providing quality adult education,
monitoring absenteeism appropriately, supporting orphans, convincing
organisations that provide food for work support to tie this support to the education of children, banning various activities that affect sustained schooling
of children and improving the quality of school management. / Development Studies / M.A. (Development Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/24561 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Maluleque, Iceu Juliao |
| Contributors | Liebenberg, A. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (xiii, 170 leaves) |
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