Effects Of Poverty On School Dropout In Primary Schools In Kamukunji Division Naffiobi (kenya)

CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Poverty is seen as the most important phenomena leading to school drop out. Poverty according to Encyclopedia Britannia, it can be defined as the condition that is said to exist when people lack the means to satisfy their basic needs of which includes clothing, shelter, food and medicine. Countries world over have experienced poverty for along period which has affected the people's standards ofliving. In America for example, poverty was not commonly defined as a problem till recently Gallup Poll showed that poverty was seen as a problem …