Factors affecting girls' participation in secondary education : a case study in Lovea-em District, Kandal Province, Cambodia | |
| Author | Tinn Somitta |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.GD-02-06 |
| Subject(s) | Education, Secondary--Cambodia--Kandal Girls--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Cambodia--Kandal |
| Note | A research submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. GD-02-06 |
| Abstract | Girls' education system still remains weak since many decades for Cambodia. The process of defining girls' education has been influenced by many factors such as culture, tradition, family, house works, poverty and distance from house to school. This present study is intended to find out all factors affecting dropout rate of girls in secondary education in Kandal province, Cambodia and to provide necessary recommendations for enhancing the level of girl participation in school in Cambodia. Both quantitative and qualitative methods including field survey, questionnaire and in-depth interviews were used for analysis. It was found that poverty is major hindrance for girl enrolment in lower secondary education. Girl drops out from secondary school in Lovea-Em district can be explained by poverty directly preventing them from going to school and pushing them to help their families to earn more incomes. In addition, the distance from house to school has also effect on school dropout. As the education delivery is insufficient and schools are concentrated in towns, so girls far from schools have more chance to abandon their study. Moreover gender division of labor has a great impact on girls schooling. It is revealed that girls from the poor family are particularly vulnerable to drop out. The research concludes with recommendations of support from government to provide sufficient education delivery, enhancing supports to the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports to raise gender awareness, reducing gender and social disparities in the education system, giving importance to gender issues and concepts and finally including the provision of gender discrimination in education legislation and regulation for Cambodia. Moreover, the government has to launch appeals to NGOs to provide poverty-reducing programs, which enable parents gain special skills for earning money to support the family, send their children to school and to reduce burden on girls. In some cases, NGOs should provide financial incentives to poor families having more children. |
| Year | 2002 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. GD-02-06 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Gender and Development Studies (GD) |
| Chairperson(s) | Kusakabe, Kyoko; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Earth, Barbara;Wickramanayake, B. W. E.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | New Zealand Partial Scholarship; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2002 |