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Individual childrenGeneral reasons given by the boys in the study who had dropped out were:
Specific reasons given by the boys in the study who had dropped out were: Difficulty in learning (12.5%), lack of interest in studies (11.62%), lack of interest in school (10.56%), corporal punishment (10.56%), class repetition (9.61%), lack of co-curricular activities(8.65%), harsh attitude of teachers (7.7%). Other reasons were friendship with out of school children, financial burden, child labour, family crises/broken homes, mental dullness, preference for religious education, poor health inappropriate curricular.
The majority of dropouts felt sorrow about their decision to leave school early. pp.76-7, Farooq, 2011 |