Abstract
The rate of out of school children and dropouts is alarming in Pakistan. There are many
factors that are prevalent. This study did the comparison of voices of out of school children from the
five dimensions of exclusion related to different age groupd and levels of education. Analysis of video
recorded interviews, 324 from children and 178 from their parents with NVivo 11 plus reflected the
similarities and differences of reasons for being out of school. Out of school children and their parents
explored many reasons that limit the eccess to education, but both samples led to the conclusion that
house chores, disability, sexual harassment, instructional language, school expenditures, lesson
preparation, family attitude, social injustice, disaster area, parents’ attitude, and area are the major
reasons for being out of school.
Farzana Yousaf, Sonia Rafique, Shumaila Mahmood, Intzar Hussain Butt. (2020) Who Never Attended School and Who Dropped Out: A Comparative Study of the Voices?, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 57, Issue-3.
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