Factors of School Dropout at Secondary Level (A Study of Mianwali District, Punjab, Pakistan)

Education is always considered as a vital tool for development and prosperity of a nation. It is a significant element of any developed country. It helps human being to live in a society. All the educational institutes are facing this problem and taking measures to eradicate it. There are many issues in education sector in Pakistan. School dropout is the main issue of the world as well as of Pakistan. The present study is carried out in district Mianwali; Punjab, Pakistan. Survey method is used to find out the dropout factors. It was very difficult to find out the dropout students from higher secondary level. A total 150 respondents were chosen by purposive sampling technique, 50 respondents are selected from each category include teachers, parents of dropout students and the dropout male students respectively. Many factors were revealed about male students’ dropout.