Parents and Students Perspectives of School Culture Effects on Dropouts and Non-dropouts in Sokoto Metropolis Nigeria

Abstract

The perspectives of four groups ‘were examined in related to school culture, on dropouts, non-dropouts students, parents for dropouts and non-dropouts students respectively in schools of Sokoto metropolis. This was inspired by the high rise of students’ dropouts in Sokoto state, Nigeria. Technically, dropouts and non-dropouts teaching and learning issues were associated to challenges of school cultures on students. Survey method was adapted, which used questionnaire for data collected, from a population of 1560, which included 30 junior secondary school students (JSS). A One-way analysis of variance was conducted for the research and the result was significant (sig) at the 0.05 level. Findings of the study suggested that school cultural factors influenced junior secondary school students (JSS) dropouts and non-dropouts in schools based on the four groups perspectives compared in Sokoto metropolis Nigeria.

Keywords: School culture, Dropouts, Non-dropouts, Sokoto metropolis, School environment, Social orderliness.