APPENDICES

Appendix A

The teachers’ questionnaire.

DEAR Sir/Madam!
I AM M.PHIL SCHOLAR FROM SHAH ABDUL LATIF UNIVERSITY KHAIRPUR AND
CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC “ANALYZING THE FACTORS OF STUDENT
DROPOUT AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN DISTRICTs OF LARKANA AND KAMBAR
SHAHDADKOT”. THE INFORMATION WHICH I COLLECT FROM YOU PEOPLE SHALL
BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL PURELY BE USED FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF
RESEARCH TARGETS.I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FILL THE QUESTIONAIRE AND
RETURN TO IT ON TIME.
Directions:
1. Read the statement carefully.
2. Answer each statement truly and frankly.
3. There are five alternatives to choose one from them.
 Strongly Disagree (SDA)
 Disagree (DA)
 Don’t know (DK)
 Agree (A)
 Strongly Agree (SA)
REGRADS!
ANEES U RAHMAN JALBANI
M.PHIL SCHOLAR
TEACHER RELATED QUESTIONS SDA DA DK A SA
1 All the enrolled students come to school regularly.
2 The attendance of students in school is 75 percent.
3 The students are properly motivated in your school towards
learning?
4 The student ratio in classroom is more than the recommended
capacity of students in class.
5 The HM / school is providing learning/ instructional material.
6 Syllabus taught in the class is too lengthy for the students.
7 The assessment of students is weakly done in your school.
8 The parents’ illiteracy and improper care is obstacle for
children to continue education/schooling.
9 The enrolled students of your school mostly belong to lower

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 and lower middle class.
1 Education imparted in your school is free from colour, race
0 and gender discrimination.
1 The parents are asking about the performance of the students.
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1 Students are facing challenges like shortage of textbooks,
2 teachers and proper building facilities in the school.
1 The conflicts and migration of parents affect student’s
3 continuing learning.

INFORMATION OF RESPONDENT
Name______________________________________________
Designation______________________

Gender: _____________ Age: ______________ Teaching/Admin Experience:

_____________________

Qualification: ________________________

Place of posting:______________________ Taluka:____________________ District:

_______________

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 Appendix B

The head masters’ questionnaire.

DEAR Sir/Madam!
I AM M.PHIL SCHOLAR FROM SHAH ABDUL LATIF UNIVERSITY KHAIRPUR AND
CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON THE TOPIC “ANALYZING THE FACTORS OF STUDENT
DROPOUT AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL IN DISTRICTs OF LARKANA AND KAMBAR
SHAHDADKOT”. THE INFORMATION WHICH I COLLECT FROM YOU PEOPLE SHALL
BE KEPT CONFIDENTIAL AND WILL PURELY BE USED FOR ACHIEVEMENT OF
RESEARCH TARGETS.I HOPE THAT YOU WILL FILL THE QUESTIONAIRE AND
RETURN TO IT ON TIME.
Directions:
4. Read the statement carefully.
5. Answer each statement truly and frankly.
6. There are five alternatives to choose one from them.
 Strongly Disagree (SDA)
 Disagree (DA)
 Don’t know (DK)
 Agree (A)
 Strongly Agree (SA)
REGRADS!
ANEES U RAHMAN JALBANI
M.PHIL SCHOLAR

SCHOOL RELATED FACTORS SD D D A SA

A A K
1 Teachers of your school are regular and punctual.
2 The teachers make use of corporal punishment in school.
3 Many students leave school due to harsh behavior of
teachers.
4 The teachers working in your school are as per STR.
5 The students are engaged in your school through
curricular and co-curricular activities.
6 The building of your school is in satisfactory condition.
7 Your school have proper furniture, library, laboratory and
play-ground facilities for students.
8 The absenteeism of students is discussed in parent teacher
meetings.

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9 School dropout always remains concern of the
administration and SMC Committee.
10 The medium of instruction of teacher in class is very
difficult.
11 The parents are invited in the meetings and motivated to
send their children in school.

INFORMATION OF RESPONDENT

Name______________________________________________
Designation______________________

Gender: _____________ Age: ______________ Teaching/Admin Experience:

_____________________

Qualification: ________________________

Place of posting:______________________ Taluka:____________________ District:

_______________

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 Appendix C

The Interview (structured) for dropout students.

A. Student’s personal information.

1. Age ……………………………………..
2. Do your parents alive?
a. They are alive b. Mom is alive c. father is alive d. none of them
alive
3. Whom do you live?
a. With parents b. with brother/sister c. uncle/aunt d. others
4. How many members are in your family?
a. You and your parents b. 4 to 6 people c. 7 to 10 d. 11 to 15
5. What is the main source of income of your family?
a. Salary b. private business c. farming d. cattle
rearing/others
6. How is your financial position?
a. Wealthy b. normal c. poor d. poorest
7. What is your parents’ qualification?
Parent Qualification Years of study / Current Job Remarks
Grade
Father
Mother
8. How many years have you repeated the grades? 1 Year 2 Years 3 years 4 years or
above
9. In which grade did you left the school?
a. In grade 1 to 4 b. After grade 5 c. After grade 6 to 7 d. After grade 8
10. The school had male and female teachers?
a. Male only b. female only c. male female /mixed teachers
11. Do you think education is important for girls?
a. Strongly agree b. agree c. disagree d. don’t know
12. Do you think girls’ education will change their future?
a. Strongly agree b. agree c. disagree d. don’t know
13. How do you see your future life?
a. Bright b. dark c. don’t know
14. Why do you left school?
Feel free and select the strongest reason.
 Need to work for family
 Failed in school
 I didn’t like the teacher
 I didn’t like my classmate
 No useful to learn in school
 Long distance to school

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  I was sick
 Immigration
 No female teacher
 I got married
 Others
B. SCHOOL RELATED INFORMATION
15. School location?
a. Rural area b. urban area
16. In what type of school do you study?
a. Government b. private c. SEF school d. Mosque
17. What was your school condition?
a. Tent/Otaq b. under tree c. Mosque d. proper school
building
18. How were your teachers teaching?
a. Good b. bad c. interesting d. boring
19. School distance from home was?
a. Within village b. 1 to 3 km away c. 4 to 6 km away d. More than 6 km
away
20. When you were at school what subjects you didn’t like and why?
21. Who decides for continuation of your school?
a. Father b. Mother c. brother/sister d. myself
22. How many hours do you help your family at school?
a. One hour b. 2 to 4 hours c. 5 to 8 hours d. I don’t
23. How do you help your parents?
a. Household work b. Tailoring c. Farming d. others
24. Do your school had washroom?
a. Yes b. No c. dangerous d. unclean
25. On late coming to school what was the reaction of your teacher?
a. Corporal punishment b. fine me c. insult me d. Advised me
26. On your absenteeism what was the reaction of your teacher?
b. Beat me b. Fine me c. become angry d. contacted
your parents
27. When you didn’t go school what was the reaction of your parents?
a. Beat me b. Become upset c. Become angry d. Others
28. Do you have brother or sister who left school before completion?
Brother/Sister Age Grade during Dropout Why he/she left school

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 Appendix D

The Interview (structured) for the parents of dropout students.

1. What is your educational status?

a. Illiterate b. primary c. Matric/Inter d. Graduate or above
2. How many children have you?
a. 1-2 b. 3-5 c. 6-8 d. 9-12 or above
3. How many children are getting education?
a. 1-3 b. 4-6 c. All d. No any
4. Do you prefer boys over girls to send them school?
a. Yes b. No c. sometimes d. others
5. Why do you not send your girls to school?
a. Early maturity b. security concerns c. long distance d. transportation issues
6. How many times do you visit school in a month to enquire the performance of your
child?
a. You never go b. once in a month c. twice in a month d. sometimes
7. Does the teacher punish students?
a. Yes b. No c. Sometimes d. you don’t know
8. Does your monthly income enough for your family?
a. Yes b. No c. sometimes d. other………………..
9. How far is school from your home?
a. Same village b. In another village. C. 5km distance d. very far
10. Do you provide transportation facility to your children?
a. Yes b. No c. To boys only d. To girls only
11. What factors influence your child to dropout?
a. Economic b. security c. school environment d. school distance or
other
12. If the reason is one from the above what is your reaction now about the study of your
child?
a. Readmit him in school b. leave him illiterate c. let him to work d. I don’t know
13. How do you see your child’s future?
a. Dark b. bright c. you don’t know
14. Where do you send your children other than school?
a. For labour b. To work in fields c. To look after cattle d. other household
work
15. The marriages of children are arranged very soon after getting maturity?
a. Yes b. No c. Sometimes d. Others
16. According to Islam education is obligatory for both boys and girls. What is your opinion?
a. Not necessary b. for male only c. only Islamic education d. compulsory for both
INFORMATION OF RESPONDENT

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NAME………………………………………………. FATHERS
NAME………………………………………….
GENDER……………………….. RELIGI0N…………………………….
PROFESSION………………………………..
CITY/VILLAGE……………………….TALUKA …………………………………
DISTRICT……………………………..

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 Appendix E

The Interview (structured) for Taluka Education Officers and District Education

Officers.

Dear Sir! Please feel free and answer the questions.

1. Age ………………………….. 2. Gender ……………… 3. Posted as TEO/DEO
since………………………..
4. Academic Qualification………………………. 5. Professional
Qualification…………………………
6. Teaching experience…………………………… 7. Administration
experience………………………..
8. How many schools of your Taluka/ District are closed?
a. 1-10 b. 11-20 c. specify no please…... d. no any school is closed
9. What is the reason of closure of schools?
a. community migration b. schools were opened without feasibility report c. Security issues
d. shortage of teachers
10. How many school buildings of your Taluka / District are in dangerous condition?
a. 1 -10 b. 11-20 c. specify no please……… d. no any building is
dangerous
11. How do you make transfers of teachers?
a. on political pressure b. on student teacher ratio c. On your own good will d. others
12. What is the main purpose of transfers of teachers?
a. to open closed school b. to justify STR c. to punish the teacher d. Humanitarian grounds
13. Do you provide separate subject teachers for each subject?
a. yes b. No c. sometimes d. Not at all
14. How many schools do you visit in a week?
a. 1 -5 b. 6-10 c. sometimes visit d. Not a single school in a
week
15. Do you prepare visit report and submit to higher authorities?
a. yes I prepare b. No I don’t c. sometimes d. No need to prepare and submit

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16. What is the current student dropout ratio of your Taluka/District?
a. 15 percent b. 25 percent c. 30 percent or above d. you don’t know
17. Do you think social and cultural norms of parents are barrier before girls education?
a. Yes b. No C. Sometimes d. you don’t know
18. How student dropout can be controlled?
a. Through rallies/seminars b. Through community mobilization c. improving
infrastructure d. Through efficient teachers e. please specify if
others………………………………………………………………

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