Determinants of Student Dropout a Case of KIHA Town
Abstract
In developing country like Ethiopia, student drop out affect economic development in both rural and urban areas. As such, this study aims at establishing the major cause of student drop out from school. To achieve the objectives 196 respondents were selected randomly from 1968 population. Both primary and secondary data were employed. Also the obtained data wear analyzed using both in descriptive and logit econometric model. The finding of the study shows that factors which are:- family size, family economic status, distance between school and home, sickness, behavior, frustration, sex and marriage affects students to drop out from school significantly. On the other hand low wages, skill gap, costs for families, societies are insignificant to affect student drop out.
Keywords: Student, Dropout, logit model, School.
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