FACTORS AFFECTING PRIMARY EDUCATION ENROLLMENT AND DROPOUT OF THE PASTORALIST CHILDREN IN FAAFAN ZONE OF SOMALI REGION: THE CASE OF KEBRIBAYAH WOREDA

Abstract

This study examined factors affecting primary education enrollment and dropout of the pastoralist children at Kabribayah woreda in Somali region. In order to realize the objectives of the study, four basic Questions were formulated; so, from the available five primary schools in the Kabribayah Woreda, 40 students, 10 teachers and 5 principles were taken based on available sampling. The Data collecting techniques used were questionnaire and interview. Questionnaire was analyzed by using frequency, percentage and mean which belong to descriptive statistics. The results of the study indicated that in the present there was less primary education enrollment in pastoralist children in Kabribayah woreda due to socio-cultural factors such as early marriage, pastoralist‟s religious attitudes towards education and circumcision, socio-economic factors such as poverty, demand for child labor, pastoralist life style, parents‟ illiteracy and administrative/ institutional problems. There were also school related constrains. Based on the finding some recommendations are suggested. First to ministry of education, to set up policies that support pastoral children‟s‟ education and tackle pastoralist problems that hinder school enrollment secondly SREB should implement a policy and strategy that consider contents and curriculum based on pastoralist life style.