Correlates of school dropout and absenteeism among adolescent girls from marginalized community in north Karnataka, south India (original) (raw)
Related papers
Determinants of School dropouts among adolescents: Evidence from a longitudinal study in India
PLOS ONE
Introduction India has the largest adolescent population in the world. However, many unprivileged Indian adolescents are still unable to complete schooling. Hence, there is a need to understand the reasons for school dropout among this population. The present study is an attempt to understand the determinants of school dropout among adolescents and identify the factors and reasons that contribute to it. Material and methods Longitudinal survey data- Understanding Adults and Young Adolescents (UDAYA) for Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has been used to identify the determinants of school dropout among adolescents aged 10–19. The first wave of the survey was conducted in 2015–2016, and the follow-up survey in 2018–2019. Descriptive statistics along with bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to observe school dropout rates and factors associated with it among adolescents. Results Results show that the school dropout rate was highest among married girls aged 15–19 years (84%), followed b...
PloS one, 2018
Gender-related norms and poverty remain important structural barriers to secondary school attendance among adolescent girls in southern India. We analyse how gender norms interact with family deprivation and dynamics to result in girls dropping out of school; we identify the main facilitators of school retention and changes to gender socialisation. Longitudinal qualitative case studies with 36 girls were nested within a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the Samata intervention targeting adolescent girls in Bagalkote and Vijayapura districts in northern Karnataka. We used two rounds of in-depth interviews, conducted in 2014 at a time when respondents were in 8th standard at the age of 13 to 14 and sixteen months later. We combined thematic and narrative analyses. Our study found that poverty and socioeconomic realities at the household level strongly affect conformity with discriminatory gender practices such as restricting girls' mobility. The value placed on education by par...
International Journal of Medical Science and Public Health, 2017
Gaining the skills and knowledge necessary for working productively, (b) economic returns, and (c) social justice. Educated girls are more likely to avoid child marriage and have better maternal and child health outcomes. They are also more able and inclined to invest in the health and education of their sons and daughters-particularly increasing the chances that their daughters will be educated. [1] Education is a major factor influencing health, too. The world map of illiteracy coincides with map of poverty, malnutrition, ill health, and high child mortality rates. It also leads to better utilization of health care and greater community and political participation. [2] During Research Article Background: Education status is the major social factor among the young girls that affects health and social status of these girls. Objectives: This study was conducted to find out the magnitude of the problem of school dropouts, reasons, determinants, and perspectives of the dropping out of school among young girls of Surat city. Materials and Methods: It was a cross-sectional study carried out at Anganwadi centers of urban slums of Surat city among the young girls of 15-24 years. Sample size was 653 (total population 30520, anticipated frequency 39.4%, absolute precision 5%, and design effect 1.8). Sampling was done in two stages: In the first stage, 30 slums were selected by probability proportional to size sampling and in the second stage, 22 participants from each slum were selected by consecutive sampling. Data entry and analysis were done using MS Excel 2007 and SPSS 17. 14 key informant interviews of stakeholders were transcribed and translated, and content analysis was done. Results: Half of the girls (49.5%) could complete only their primary education, 26.2% had completed their secondary education, and only 14.2% of girls had completed up to higher secondary education. Two out of three girls were dropped out from the school. Majority of the girls (74.8%) had already left the school before or at completion of primary schooling. While most common reason of dropping out of the school was financial constraint (29.1%), marital status (Exp(B) = 9.360, confidence interval [CI] = 5.725-15.302, P = 0.000), and earning status of the participants (Exp(B) = 8.631, CI = 5.042-14.774, P = 0.000) were found as the most influential variables on applying backward regression model. On asking further, 55.9% of girls expressed their willingness to join for further study. Desire for further education was found significantly higher among unmarried than married (χ 2 = 120.4, P = 0.0001) and among non-earning than earning girls (χ 2 = 8.49, P = 0.0017). Conclusion: Early marriages and financial constraint leading compulsory earning draw the girls out of the school and kills their desire for further education. Hence, new avenues for further education and vocational training should be built up.
Education Research International, 2018
Neighbourhoods and families are key social institutions instilled with development of early life course of adolescents. Limited research in India has examined exposure to community along with socioeconomic conditions for school-dropouts of girls. Multidimensional benefits of female education are increasingly recognized in recent years; hence, it becomes imperative to study the community components of school discontinuation particularly in rural area. This study aims to analyse effect of mother’s education, community poverty, and gender equitable attitudes associated with a girl’s school dropout. This study uses baseline survey data from an intervention program from poor-performing districts of India. Collinearity among individual predictors validated by variance inflation factor proceeded step-wise binary-logistic regression. Result suggests that communities with high concentrations of poverty and mother illiteracy are disadvantages with low gender perception and high levels of drop...
The Pharma Innovation Journal, 2019
Adolescence is regarded, as a unique phase of human development. It is a transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood. NCERT defined a dropout as a pupil who leaves school before the completion of a school stage or leaving at some intermediate or non-terminal point of a given level of education (school stage). There is a substantial lacuna among adolescent girls for being school dropout in tribal community; hence, an attempt was made to study the reasons for being school dropouts among adolescent girls of Banjara tribal community. Exploratory research design was used for the present study. The locale of the study was purposively selected as Maheshwaram mandal of Ranga Reddy district in Telangana State. Sample size of the present study was 60 Banjara tribal adolescent school dropout girls. The age group of respondents were 12 to 24 years who were randomly selected. Structured questionnaire was used to study the family related reasons for being dropout. Frequency and percentage were used to analyse the collected data. Results revealed that 53.3 per cent of the respondents were dropped out of the school due to "financial constraints" in the family. As much as 50 per cent of the respondents were dropped out due to the "early marriage" and "lack of parental interest towards education". Hence, guidance and counselling is to be given to the family members since family is the primary source of information and support to their young ones so as they must be aware of education and importance of it for a better life.
Girls at Risk: Investigating the Extent and Process of Dropping out in Elementary Education in India
International Journal of Learner Diversity and Identities, 2013
Abstract: Dropping out of school at a very early age is a nationwide phenomenon which is hampering the process of universalizing education, mainly in rural areas. The magnitude of the problem is very acute in government schools in rural parts of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, India. However, the process of dropping out is more of serious concern in the present context when children are silently excluded from the school and are at the risk of dropping out, due to certain contributing factors and processes making this phenomenon acute one. It is self-evident that because the children are from low castes and tribes, their low socio-economic backgrounds and passive learning experiences in schools might make them more at risk of dropping out. A similar situation is also experienced in case of girls from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. This paper attempts to provide an in-depth understanding about the magnitude and process of the phenomenon of girls’ dropping out of school in India, and also challenges the notion that dropouts are a homogenous category. It explores the idea that dropping out is not a single event, rather a process. Keywords: Girls at Risk, Silent Exclusion, Dropping Out, Passive Learning Experiences
Girls’ dropout of School in India: Causes, Consequence and Probable Remedial Measures
Red' shine Publication, 2022
Education is the backbone for development of any society. Development of a country is impossible without the development of women. And development of women is possible only by educating and empowering them. So, education of a girl-child needs special and careful considerations to build up her as a human capital. Girl's education has significant impact on poverty and development of a country than boy's education. It is the suitable development intervention with the greatest social return, because lack of education is the root cause of many exploitations and negligence against women. Though education is a fundamental right for all people, both for boys and girls, throughout the world, educational dropout is the alarming issue found in primary as well as secondary levels of education in India like other underdeveloped and developing countries. Every year several students specially the girls drop out of school due to several reasons which ranges from poverty, domestic problems, low educational background of parents, weak family structure, negative environment of schools to migration of parents and children, which affects the value for education and accelerate the dropouts of children. In spite of several steps taken by the Central as well as State Governments, the problem of dropout still persists in India. The Covid-19 pandemic further aggravated the situation. If this dropout rate continues, the quantity and quality of education and women development cannot be ensured in future and development of India cannot be achieved. In this paper, an attempt has been made to examine the causes and consequences of dropout of girls in India and also to frame some remedial measures to come out of the problem.
2017
Nursing: A voice to lead – Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”. We nurses has huge role to transform our world in a better way by achieving fourth goal SDGthrough quality education or by reducing school dropout rate. Objectives of this descriptive survey was to identify (i) the prevalence of school dropouts (ii) factors of school dropout and (iii)its association with selected factors. After getting ethical permission non probability sampling technique was used to select setting and random sampling technique was used to select sample. Children of 6-19 years were 147 and their 95 parents, who met inclusion criteria were interviewed. Result shows among 14.28% school dropouts majority are 12-13 years of age. Main reason for school dropouts are “distance of school from residence”. Chi-square test of association of school dropout with socio economic conditions of the family, school accessibility, child’s interest in education and parents’ views on equal education was found to be ...
Socio-Economic Origins of School Dropouts in Rural India
Education means enabling a student to gain knowledge and wisdom in order to lead a better life. Overall, 69% per cent of females and 85% of males age 6 and over have ever attended school. The rate of dropouts in rural areas is comparatively more than urban areas. Boys and girls in Indian schools leave school education incomplete giving rise to the sensitive issue of school dropouts. The present study (review study) identifies reasons forcing Indian students to drop out of school and presents different variables responsible for it. The study has emphasized connecting this paper with SDG-4 and provided some recommendations. The data has been extracted from the National Family Health and Survey (NFHS 4). While the school dropout rate remains consistently high for boys, it is noteworthy and rather comforting to know that girls depict a low dropout rate. The present study identifies the reasons for dropouts such as lack of interest in studies, the domestic contribution of children for household chores, economic reasons and migration of families. The study paints a picture of helpless school-going children and the effort to minimize school dropout rates which are in the hands of all the responsible citizens in India.