| dc.description.abstract | The study investigated the relationship between cultural attachment and intention to dropout of
school among children in primary schools in Kazo district. It was guided by three research
objectives, which included; 1) To establish the level of cultural attachment among children in
Primary schools in Kazo District; 2) To establish the level of intention to dropout of child is in
Primary schools in Kazo District; and 3)To establish the relationship between cultural
attachment and intention to dropout of school among children in Primary schools in Kazo
District. Two questions; 1) What is the level of cultural attachment among children in Primary
schools in Kazo District? 2) What is the level of intention to dropout of children in Primary
schools in Kazo District and a hypothesis; The researcher employed different techniques to
select participants. Children were selected by using simple random sampling. Under this, the
researcher first used stratified sampling by dividing teachers and children according to gender.
After this, fish bowl method was used to get equal number of respondents from different gender
strata (Botev & Ridder, 2017).Selection of head teachers and the DEO were selected using
purposive sampling technique because they have key information concerning cultural attachment
and the intention to dropout of school in respective schools. There is no relationship between
cultural attachment and intention to dropout of school among children in Primary schools in
Kazo District guided the study. The researcher used a cross - sectional survey design in the
primary schools in Kazo district. The study population was conducted among 209 participants,
including 201 children, a District Education Officer and 7 head teachers. The study findings
showed that low cultural attachment and intention to dropout of school among children in
primary schools in Kazo district and children no statistically significant relationship between
them (p = .242). It was concluded that cultural attachment and drop out intention were actually
low with limited relationship between them. Strategies to keep cultural attachment and
intentions to dropout low such as free education are paramount | en_US |
