Female Migration And Dropping Out Of School In Public Basic Schools In A Lumbering Community In The Asante Akim South District

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to explore female migration and drop out in the Ashanti Akim South district. The objectives of the study were to identify the perceived school factors that dominantly cause school dropouts, determine the perceived home factors that dominantly causes school dropouts and to find out the perceived effects of school dropouts in the district. The researcher used descriptive survey design with closed ended questionnaire as the research instrument for the study. The population for the study comprised two head teachers and 16 teachers of Breku District Assembly Primary…