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标题：CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF GIRL CHILD DROPOUTS IN ZIMBABWEAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF CHADZAMIRA SECONDARY SCHOOL, GUTU DISTRICT
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作者：Munyaradzi Mawere
期刊名称：International Journal of Educational Research and Technology
印刷版ISSN：0976-4089
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：11-20
出版社：Society of Education
摘要：While the subject of child dropout has been heavily contested in education studies in the last few decades in developing countries like Zimbabwe, the monumental studies on the concept have emphasised child's (both boy and girl child) right to education. Insignificant attention has been devoted to examining the causes and effects of girl child dropouts in secondary schoolsespecially in the countryside where the problem is widespread.Yet, girl child dropout is a serious problem that dramatically impact on national development of Zimbabwe,andAfrica in general. In this paper, I therefore attempt to examinethe causes and effects of rural girlchild dropouts in Zimbabwean secondary schools, and IadoptChadzamira secondary school of Gutu rural district as a case study. The choice of Zimbabweand, in particular Chadzamira secondary school as a case study is not accidental. It is based on the fact that while Zimbabwe is one of the developing countries with high literacy rate in Africa, girl child dropoutrate, especially in rural secondary schools remains high. To establish the causes and effects of girl child dropouts, eightclasses of forms one to four were studied. Ad questionnaire comprising closed and open items was also used as a data collection tool. Datawas summarised by means of frequency tables and analyzed qualitatively using evaluative descriptions. The study revealedthat most of thegirl child dropout cases werea result of early marriages, abject poverty,economic hardships as well asreligious and traditional beliefs that work against educating girl child. From theforegoing, the paper recommends that civil education and concientisation of ruralparents, teachers and the girl child on the importance of girl child education be made as a matter of urgency if the current situation is to be amicably dealt with. This could be done by both non-governmental organisations and the national government
关键词：Girl child; dropout; causes; consequences; Chadzamira; ;Zimbabwe; Africa