Among all factors of dropout discussed about in the
literature, the respondents mentioned that distance from schools, parents'
illiteracy, child's family poverty, one cup of milk per child, failure or
repetition of children, and child's employment as well as the school location
are influencing the level of dropout within schools.
In order to determine relationship between level of
dropout and factors affecting it, chi-square test of relationship was used
where the level of significance was 5 percent; the findings of the study
indicate that there is a strong relationship between one cup of milk per child
with 0.000 (p-value) and the level of dropout within primary schools, while a
weak relationship was proved from the findings between the level of dropout and
parents' illiteracy with 0.046 (p-value). This indicates that as long as
parents' illiteracy persists it is hard for policy makers to eradicate the
dropout within primary schools and again for policy makers to ensure the
decreased level of dropout one cup of milk per child program can better serve
as a strategy for dropout reduction.
The most of respondents (38.33 percent) from schools with low
level of dropout reported that their schools had one cup of milk per child
program. The most of respondents (26.67 percent) who reported that their
schools had not one cup of milk per child were from schools with high level of
dropout schools. This is to mean that the reason behind this difference was due
to the existence of one cup of milk per child
The most of respondents (21.67 percent) from schools with low
level of dropout said that consequence families are facing due to dropout is
experiencing the decreased future earnings of the dropped out children. In
addition, the majority of respondents (23.3 percent) from schools with low
level of dropout reported that school will be facing a deacrease in education
performance. Finally, 21.67 percent presenting high number of percentage, from
schools with low level of dropout, considered the increase in illiteracy level
to be the major consequence that a country will be exposed to due to dropout.
Results from multiple logistic regression model have shown
that, the dropout within schools with high level of dropout is strongly
affected by the one cup of milk per child program with a coefficient of
relationship equates by -3.42; not only that but also it is affected by
parents' illiteracy with a negative coefficient 0.441. this indicate that the
increase in one repondent with yes response to one cup of milk per child factor
will result in the increase of 3.42 units of high level of dropout schools, and
the increase in one respondent with yes response to illiteracy of parents will
result in 0.441 units increase of high level of dropout within primary schools.
This can be illustrate with the use of some authors such as Lloyd and Grant who
said that perceived quality of education and the ability of children to make
progress through the schooling system can affect the priority placed on
schooling within the household. It is also evident that children whose parents
have received some sort of schooling are more likely themselves to attend
school for longer. In particular, a mother's education level often influences
length of access for girls. For example in rural Pakistan, girls whose mothers
have some sort of formal schooling are less likely to drop out from school
(Lloyd, Mete and Grant, 2009). Therefore it is clear that parents' education is
mainly affecting positively the dropout level. While on the other side, some
authors have shown that school feeding programs are contributing towards the
reduction of eradication of dropout.
In regards to one cup of milk per child program, it is shown in
table 8 that having one cup of milk per child of a given school will be
significantly associated with the level of dropout within schools with high
level of dropout[ p=0.000 with degree of freedom=1] and with a coefficient of
correlation equals -3.42. While the illiteracy of parents will statistically
affect the leve of dropout [p=0.627 df=1] with a coefficient of correlation
equals 0.441.
Besides, in the middle level of
dropout schools, one cup of milk per child program will affect it
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