English as a Drop Out Factor for Tamang Children in Makawanpur District

Abstract

This thesis entitled English as a Drop out Factor forTamang Children in Makawanpur District is prepared to find out whether English as adrop out factor forTamang Children in Makawanpur District. The survey research design was used.The data were collected from twenty students, five parents and five teachers of Makawanpur district which were selected by using purposive non-random sampling procedure. Data were elicited using a set of questionnaire including both open-ended and close-ended questions. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted qualitatively and quantitatively. The main findings of the study is that they left the school because of language problems, many children in family, disinterest in studies, supporting role for the family, discouraging the teacher behavior, school environment is not good and they cannot understand English well because of English is hard for them. This research consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Likewise, second chapter consists ofreview of related literature i.e. theoretical and empirical, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework of the research. Similarly, third chapter deals with methodology adopted to carry out the research. It consists of research design, population, sample and sampling strategies, research tools, study area, data collection procedure and ethical consideration of the study. In the same way, the fourth chapter encompasses analysis and interpretation of the results. Similarly, the fifth chapter consists of the findings, conclusion and recommendations of the study and followed by references and appendices.