Abstract:
his study was undertaken in Miesso district to analyze the impact of Drought on Selected public
primary schools of Miesso district. In order to achieve the objective of the study both primary
and secondary data sources were gathered carefully from primary and secondary data
sources. Primary data generated from three data gathering tools: questionnaire, interview,
as a major data source and complemented by FGDs and field observation. Secondary data
were collected using available sources of information such as published and unpublished
documents. In order to assess the overall activities, researcher employed a mixed method
approach in combining both qualitative and quantitative methods. Burka Misira, Fayo,
Hamid Mude and Danaba Hunde Misoma primary schools were purposely selected for the
current study. The selections of participants were undertaken systematic random sampling
technique. Quantitative data obtained from the sample school societies was compared and
contrast by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics such as, mean,
standard deviation, frequency of occurrences, and percentage were employed to assess the
Independent Variables such as Gender, Age, Temperature, Rain Fall, Water Storage and
water scarcity those impact pupil’s learning through affecting dependent variables such as
school performance, attendance, school completion rate and school dropout. From
inferential statistics, chi-square was used to compare the difference between the accessibility
and absence of water storage in pupils learning of the selected primary schools. Correlation
and regression are used to examine relationships between different variables. The study
revealed that the district was frequently affected by drought results such water scarcity, power
full wind and related problems. Because of that the schools faced to poor student attendance,
Low performance, High repetition rate and internal displacement of the community.