Influence of school resources on boy child dropout rate in public secondary schools in Chepalungu Sub-County, Bomet County, Kenya

Abstract

This research work aimed to look into problems faced by boy children in secondary schools. Despite the overwhelming strategies and involvement by the government of Kenya to limit the successive dropout rate in public secondary schools, the rising figure of boy children failing to complete the offered secondary school cycle is intensifying at an alarming rate. The specific objective of this exploration sought to look into the influence of school resources on the boy child dropout rate in public secondary schools in Chepalungu Sub County. This study was guided by the system theory advanced by Bertalanffy (1968). The descriptive survey research design was anchored in the research work. Exploration was carried out in the Chepalungu sub-county, Kenya. The target population consisted of 78 principals of secondary schools in the Chepalungu sub-county, 280 class teachers, 7020 from four boy students and 55 purposely chosen dropout boys. The researcher used 10 per cent of the sample size, representing 8 principals, 28 class teachers, 702 students and 5 dropouts. Data was coded using a statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and analysed using descriptive statistics. The study findings found that lack of enough school resources and families with scanty income makes it difficult to enhance boy child retention. The exploration advocated establishing programs that would abet and aid teachers, parents and the Board of Management in promoting the education of a boy child in the Chepalungu sub-County.