Dropouts and academic performance among Hadzabe girls in primary and secondary schools in Karatu district, Tanzania
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2013
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Sokoine University of Agriculture
Abstract
Access to education is a fundamental child’s right and therefore it should be
universally provided to children regardless of their sex, ethnicity and vulnerability.
This study was carried out to explore the academic performance as well as dropouts
and the associated determinants among the Hadzabe Girls in primary and secondary
schools in Karatu District, Tanzania. The study used a multistage sampling
technique whereby divisions, wards, villages, and schools were purposively
selected. Simple random sampling method was used to select continuing primary
school Hadzabe girls and community representatives while the dropouts were
obtained by using the snowball technique. A total of 136 respondents were involved
in this study. The data collection process involved a questionnaire survey,
interviews, focus group discussions and observation. Binary logistic regression and
Independent-samples t-test were used as inferential statistics in addition to
descriptive statistics such as means, frequencies, percentages and standard
deviations. The findings indicated that the dropout rate of 29.7% was observed at
primary school level, while that of secondary schools stood at 62.4%. It was also
revealed that there was no significant difference in academic performance between
the Hadzabe and non Hadzabe girls in secondary schools. However, home to school
distance (p=0.044), food satisfaction (p=0.004), family migration (p=0.025) and
forced marriage (p=0.046) were significant determinants for the Hadzabe girl drop
out in primary school while isolation (p=0.034), distance (p=0.045), and food
satisfaction (p=0.027) were significant determinants for Hadzabe girl dropout in
secondary schools. The study recommends the implementation of education
programmes should be participatory, considering the political and social-cultural context of the envisaged beneficiaries, and for this context, the Hadzabe
communities.
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Hadzabe girls-school dropouts, Karatu District, Hadzabe girls-academic performance