Assessing the economic causes of children dropout from primary education in District Lower Dir of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

Children dropping out of school is very common in Pakistan. In the present research study, the researchers aimed to investigate the economic reasons children drop out of primary schools in the study area. A community-based study has been conducted in Tehsil Timergara, District Lower Dir, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The researchers used a purposive sampling technique and 40 respondents were selected while a questionnaire was used for the primary data collection. Descriptive statistics (frequency, percent, mean, median mode, and cumulative percent using SPSS version (16) were used to test the study hypotheses. The study results indicated that family low income, poverty, and parental unemployment are the main economic factors that hinder children's education and the drop of already enrolled students in the study area. The present study suggested to reduce the high dropout of children government needs to start a cash incentive program for poor and unemployed parents. Further, it is suggested that government should fix some amount for children stationary they required throughout the year in schooling besides the free books. The civil society and government concern stakeholders start sensitization sessions in the community about the importance of children's education.