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    Causes of girl child school dropout a case study of the selected primary schools of kibibi sub county .Mpigi district
    (Kampala international international: College of Education, open and distance learning, 2010-08) Salim, Tusubira
    The purpose of the study was to explore the causes of girl child drop out in primary schools. The study was conducted in primary schools. The study was conducted in primary schools in Kibibi Sub county in Mpigi district. The researcher collected data from teachers, pupils, self-administered questionnaires, guided interviews and observation were the basic instruments. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed comparing percentages number of the respondents for the variablc under investigation. The findings revealed that, the increasing poverty among the parents and lack of basic needs by the pupils are the main causes of girl child drop out in primary schools in Kibibi sub county; other factors include distance to schools, educational status of parents, and death of parents, domestic violence and age of the pupil. In view of the above findings the following conclusions can be made Poverty and lack of basic needs do affect the retention of pupils in primary schools. This s confirmed by parents who fail to raise their children's dues in time and find them being sent home. Some of the parents believe that instead of wasting time on education, it is fruitful for girls to stay at home and engage in some vocational activities hence leaving school for good. There is no way some one will keeping school with out the basic needs as well as school requirements, like books, uniforms, sanitary towels, fees, geometry set and others to mention but a few.