Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature

Though a lot of research have been concerned with school dropout issue for both girls and boys, dropout pattern significantly differs by the gender of the students. This paper clarifies the factors that contribute to the increasing dropout rate of children, particularly among girls by making a detai...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Karim, A.H.M Zehadul, Shahidul, S. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Progressive Academic Publishing 2015
Subjects:
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/43530/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43530/1/FACTORS-SCHOOL-DROPOUT.pdf
_version_ 1848782466959015936
author Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
Shahidul, S. M.
author_facet Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
Shahidul, S. M.
author_sort Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
building IIUM Repository
collection Online Access
description Though a lot of research have been concerned with school dropout issue for both girls and boys, dropout pattern significantly differs by the gender of the students. This paper clarifies the factors that contribute to the increasing dropout rate of children, particularly among girls by making a detailed review of available literature. Most past reviews on the school dropout issue have been carried out regardless of the gender of the students. A few of the studies in this context have been done on girls' dropout outcome based on particular regions and cultures of the world. In this paper, we identify the factors and illustrate a conceptual model for girls' dropout from school. We demonstrate that though some factors can cause an increase in the dropout rate regardless of the gender of students, these factors mainly contribute to an increase in the dropout rate particularly for female students. In our conceptual model we try to illustrate how a range of particular factors can affect students' educational outcome which consequently produce dropout among girls in schools in general. And finally, we provide a few recommendations which policy planners may adopt in reducing girls' dropout from schools.
first_indexed 2025-11-14T16:05:55Z
format Article
id iium-43530
institution International Islamic University Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-14T16:05:55Z
publishDate 2015
publisher Progressive Academic Publishing
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling iium-435302016-12-22T01:27:22Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/43530/ Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature Karim, A.H.M Zehadul Shahidul, S. M. H Social Sciences (General) Though a lot of research have been concerned with school dropout issue for both girls and boys, dropout pattern significantly differs by the gender of the students. This paper clarifies the factors that contribute to the increasing dropout rate of children, particularly among girls by making a detailed review of available literature. Most past reviews on the school dropout issue have been carried out regardless of the gender of the students. A few of the studies in this context have been done on girls' dropout outcome based on particular regions and cultures of the world. In this paper, we identify the factors and illustrate a conceptual model for girls' dropout from school. We demonstrate that though some factors can cause an increase in the dropout rate regardless of the gender of students, these factors mainly contribute to an increase in the dropout rate particularly for female students. In our conceptual model we try to illustrate how a range of particular factors can affect students' educational outcome which consequently produce dropout among girls in schools in general. And finally, we provide a few recommendations which policy planners may adopt in reducing girls' dropout from schools. Progressive Academic Publishing 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/43530/1/FACTORS-SCHOOL-DROPOUT.pdf Karim, A.H.M Zehadul and Shahidul, S. M. (2015) Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature. European Journal of Research and Reflection in Educational Sciences, 3 (2). pp. 25-36. ISSN 2056-5852 http://www.idpublications.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/FACTORS-CONTRIBUTING-TO-SCHOOL-DROPOUT-AMONG-THE-GIRLS.pdf
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
Karim, A.H.M Zehadul
Shahidul, S. M.
Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature
title Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature
title_full Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature
title_fullStr Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature
title_full_unstemmed Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature
title_short Factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature
title_sort factors contributing to school dropout among the girls: a review of literature
topic H Social Sciences (General)
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/43530/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43530/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/43530/1/FACTORS-SCHOOL-DROPOUT.pdf