A thesis submitted to Mzumbe University (Dar es salaam Campus College) in
partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Award of the Degree of Master of
Science in Human Resource Management (Msc HRM) of Mzumbe University
The main objective of this study was to explore the factors influencing the persistent
dropout of girls in primary schools in Kunduchi ward. Asurvey design has been used
whereby Questionnaires and semi structured interviews were used to collect the data.
This study covered a sample of 65 respondents where by 25 respondents were pupils,
25 respondents were parents and 15 respondents were teachers.
The findings of this study indicated that The girl child dropout in primary schools
was mainly associated with low income (poverty),lack of parental care, peer
pressure, domestic violence, child labour, poor home environment, pregnancy,
orphan and HIV / AIDS. Generally, low income has seen as the big problem which
contribute truancy and drop outs because out of 65 respondents 13 respondents said
that low income contributed towards the problem which is about 30% of all
respondent.
The following recommendations and suggestions were forwarded; Parents should be
educated on the importance of the education to their children and their families at
large and being responsible on taking care of the academic development of their
children including the daily school attendance, Government should make sure that
those who pregnant pupils are taken to court as it has been stated in its laws so as to
protect the rest against men who have such behaviors, and to ensure that pupils who
have been pregnant while at school are back to school after giving birth of the
children so that they can also get education as it is stated in its education policy.
The government is compelled to increase its budget for education. This would help to
allocate more educational resources and also increase educational standards.
However, donor finding is a helpful solution, since the government cannot allocate
all resources but this is a short-term solution as some donors stay in the country for a
short time. The Ministry of education in collaboration with the Ministry of social
welfare have to introduce the basic assistance module which will have to go long
way in helping disadvantaged children. This assistance should however, have wider
nets to help less privileged children. It should also be properly managed to stop its
abuse by school managers.