Prevalence of Students' Dropout in Primary Schools of Moyale District, Borana Zone, Oromia

Master's Thesis from the year 2020 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, grade: A, , course: Curriculum and Teachers' Development Sudies, language: English, abstract: The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of students¿ dropout in Primary schools of Moyale District, Borana Zone, Oromia. Pragmatism as a philosophical assumption was employed. In this study, mixed research method and concurrent triangulation design was used. Both primary and secondary data were gathered using questionnaires, interviews, document analysis, focus group discussion, validity and reliability were used to test the tools¿ quality.

Again, probability (simple random and systematic, sampling technique), and non-probability (purposive and availability) sampling techniques were employed. To attain the objective of the study, 12 primary schools, were selected out of 36 government primary schools in the district using purposive sampling, because they are fully primary.