Secondary School Dropout in the Waterlogged Areas of Jessore District: A Sociological Study
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 7
Abstract
High school dropout rate issubstantially high in the waterlogged areas in Southwestern part of Bangladesh. The main focus of this study is to explore the causes of dropping out from secondary schools (age group 11 to 18 years) in waterlogged areas of Jessore district. Six villages of two unions under Keshabpurupazila in Jessore district were purposively selected. Survey research design has been employed where interview schedule is used for data collection. Data has been collected from 150 dropout children (male 82 and female 68) by using purposive and snowball sampling method. Result shows thatmale students’dropout rate isremarkably high (54.7%) than the female (45.3%) in waterlogged areas. Due to waterlogging, 48.7% male are generallydropped out as compared to female constituting 42.7%. Owing to poverty,48%male and 41.3% female studentdropped out from secondary schools. However, this study has found a significant relationship betweenwaterlogging and student dropping out from secondary level.
Authors and Affiliations
Sharmin Akter, Mst. Taslima Khatun, Md Abdur Rashid, Hasan Jamil
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