English as a Drop out Factor

Abstract

This research study entitled, “English as a Drop out Factor” is carried out to find out factors of drop out school by Magar students. Thirty students’ five parents and five English teachers were taken through purposive non-random sampling procedure as a sample. The study was based on survey research design. The students, English language teachers and head masters were provided questionnaire and maintained an interview schedule for parents. The data were analyzed and interpreted qualitatively and quantitatively. The main finding of the study is that the failure in English is the major factor which promotes to drop out the school. Furthermore, family backgrounds such as low socio-economic and educational status of the parents are other factors which cause the Magar students to drop out the schools. This research comprises five chapters. The first chapter deals with general background of the study, statement of the problem, rational and objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Likewise, the second chapter describes the existing scenario of secondary education in Nepal and presents a review of literature and conceptual framework. In addition, this chapter comprises review of related literature, implication of the review for the study, theoretical framework and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter covers all the areas of methodology dealing with the design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedure, data collection tools as well as procedure of data collection. In the same way, the fourth chapter focuses on results and discussion, analysis and interpretation of the data. The fifth chapter deals with the summary, conclusion and implications followed by references and appendices.