RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL ECONOMIC FACTORS, AND STUDENTS’ DROPOUTS FROM GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF ZAMFARA, NIGERIA

This conceptual paper studies the relationship between parental economic factors and students’ dropouts from government secondary schools of Zamfara, Nigeria. The paper reviews the studies on relationship between parental economic factors and students’ dropouts. In addition, the paper also examines literature related to parental economic factors and students’ dropouts from government secondary schools in both Nigeria and other countries. The discussion in the paper is based on the theoretical framework of ecological theory of Bronfenbrenner (1979). This theory is appropriate for the study because it allows the reader to understand how children’s education is significantly affected by the parental economic factors. Finally, the paper provides and presents some suggestions and recommendations on how to improve student’s retention and minimise the problem of dropout. Conclusions from the literature were drawn, and the paper concludes that parental economic factors are related to students’ dropout.