出版社:The International Institute for Science, Technology and Education (IISTE)
摘要:The aim of this work was to find out the impeding factors which lead to the drop out of Girls in senior high schools in Sekondi Takoradi. Descriptive research design was used. Two research questions were raised to guide the study. Frequency Tables and percentages were used to analyse data. The sample of the study was made up of 170 consisting of ; 50 successful Senior high school graduates (SSHG); 60 Drop out Senior high school girls (DSHG); 50 Continuing Senior high school girls ( CSHG) and 10 teachers. Purposive sampling technique was used to select SSHG, DSHG, TRS while stratified random sample technique was used to sample the Continuing students (CSHS). The result revealed that Government, parents and teachers are to blame for the non completion of Senior high school by most of the girls in Sekondi Takoradi Keywords: Completion rate, Drop out, Gender disparity, Teacher motivation, Parental motivation