PERCEIVED SOCIO-PERSONAL PREDICTORS OF SCHOOL DROP-OUT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADOLESCENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIC RECONSTRUCTION

ADIKA LAWRENCE OLAGOKE; OYEDIRAN AYOTUNDE

PERCEIVED SOCIO-PERSONAL PREDICTORS OF SCHOOL DROP-OUT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADOLESCENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIC RECONSTRUCTION

ADIKA LAWRENCE OLAGOKE, OYEDIRAN AYOTUNDE

Abstract

Education the world over is an instrument of economic and technological development. Education is expected to produce competent and skilled workforce to improve the nation in all ramifications. However, if the dream of education is not realised, the nation is plundered into trouble. Dropping out of school is a global problem confronting the education industry round the world. The study focused on perceived factors of drop-out from school among selected secondary school adolescents in Oyo town. The descriptive survey design was used for the study which involved 200 school-going adolescents randomly selected from five secondary schools. A self-designed instrument tagged ‘Socio-Personal predictors of Dropping out of School Scale’ was used in collecting data for the study. The t-test statistical method was used to analyse the data collected. The two null hypotheses tested were rejected implying a significant difference in the perceptions of the respondents on causes of drop-out in schools. It was recommended that counsellors should put up programmes to reduce drop-out rates among students and schools should be made student-friendly to encourage more adolescents in schools.

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