FACTORS INFLUENCING THE SCHOOL DROP-OUT IN JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL

The researcher observes with dismay that most of these Students s after their enrolment at Secondary School find it difficult to continue to the senior secondary level thereby dropping out of school. A good number of Students s just stay away from school on several occasions without reasonable excuses. If this situation continues, the economy and means of livelihood as well as the development of the state may be threatened. The money spent by the State Government to provide free and compulsory education for them would have been wasted. The inclination to dropout is unfortunate for Students particularly in this age of technological development where idle hands are easily exposed to crimes and their consequences. Most secondary school Students see curricular activities in schools such as examination as being too difficult and time consuming. Some view school as a cage where people are given rules and regulations to abide with. A greater number of Students see schooling as too demanding where teachers and Students are rivals with each other. While a majority of the Students s in secondary school view co-curricular activities as laborious. It is against this background that this study seeks to investigate factors influencing school drop-outs among junior secondary school Students of some selected secondary schools in Kaltungo Local Government Area, Gombe State.