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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: The main thrust of this article was to explore the causes of dropouts in high school Mathematics in Masvingo urban secondary schools. The researchers got primed to delve into such a research study after realising that a significant proportion of high school pupils were dropping Mathematics when paradoxically a pass in high school Mathematics is mostly a precondition for admission into many tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe. The phenomenological research design was used with individual interviews and focus group discussions as data collection instruments. The researchers used a random sample of 35 respondents comprising 10 Mathematics teachers and 25 high school Mathematics dropouts. The teachers mostly laid the blame on the pupils' lack of career foresight and frivolous attitudes coupled with lack of parental guidance. The pupils pointed fingers at the teachers and the nature of Mathematics as a subject. The major reason for dropping high school Mathematics from the pupils' viewpoint was the general belief that Mathematics is an exceptionally difficult and tedious subject. The researchers recommended that teachers have to intensify their efforts in giving high school pupils academic guidance regarding the importance of Mathematics as an academic discipline especially for tertiary training. |
| Keywords: dropouts, adolescence, ability grouping, parenting styles, technological innovations, peer pressure, career guidance |
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