Abstract
This article explains the impacts of government and NGO/Azat Foundation’s schools on the enrollment and dropout, at primary level, in Nushki District of Balochistan. The required data and information were collected through questionnaire survey from 200 households where children were enrolled in Government and NGO schools. Additional information were gathered from households, group discussions, semi structured personal interviews and observation. The secondary data included books, journal articles and websites. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the data. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistics and linear regression model. The findings of the study exposed a number of socioeconomic factors dominantly effected the enrollment and dropout rates in both the government and NGO schools. For example, number of children (boys and girls) increased at household level, raised the enrollment rates. Similarly, parents’ visit to school, boys and girls not enrolled in school and dropout cases in household positively influenced the enrollment rate. However, the enrollment rate likely went down in households where the annual income decreased and the dependency increased. The findings depicted that teachers’ harsh behavior and lack of basic facilities significantly affected the enrollment rate of children in schools. Surprisingly, the dropped-out children had become examples for their parents in households. To avoid such incidents, parents reenrolled the dropped-out children in schools, without any delay. In this respect, parents meetings played an important role. On the contrary, the findings showed that long distance to schools and inadequate basic facilities have become major causes of dropout in the study area. We recommend the concerned authorities of government and Non-Governmental Organizations to raise awareness programs at household level, allocate sufficient budget and ensure provision of basic facilities including free transportation to improve the enrollment and overcome the dropout incidents, at primary level in Nushki District of Balochistan.
Mahjabeen Aziz Mengal1, Dr. Mumtaz A. Baloch. (2017) Analyzing the Government and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) impacts on the enrollment and dropout at primary level, in Nushki District of Balochistan, Balochistan Review, Volume 1, Issue 1.
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