A STUDY OF THE CAUSES OF DROPOUT IN SEMESTER SYSTEM: A CASE OF BZU MULTAN

Abstract

The basic purpose of this research was to recognize the causes of drop out in semester system at university level. The study was delimited to Bahuddin Zakariya university Multan.Data were collected from teachers and the  of the same university. The sample of 51  were taken through snowball sampling technique as only those  were included in the research that were drop out from university in the year 2017 from different programmes of university. The sample of teachers (33) was also taken from the similar departments from which the study sample of  was taken. Two self-constructed questionnaires were developed and got validated. The average, frequency, standard deviation and percentages were used to attain definite conclusions. it was found that the major causes of  dropout were medium of instructions, teachers attitude,  own company and absenteeism. Majority of the teachers showed lower level of agreement. Such as unfair marking by the teachers, ineffective communication by the teachers, and lack of individual guidance and maladjustment of  in environment etc.