Title Page
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS 8
ABSTRACT 10
1. Introduction 13
1.1. Research Background 13
1.2. Research Purpose and Questions 17
1.3. Research Method 19
2. Structuralized Causes of Dropout in Developing Countries' Primary Education 20
2.1. Ecological Systems Theory 21
2.2. Individual(Learner) Related Factors 26
2.3. Household Related Factors 28
2.4. School Related Factors 33
2.5. Government Related Factors 35
2.6. Gender Awareness Related Factors 36
2.7. Political Environment Related Factors 38
3. UPE and Dropout Phenomenon in Uganda 40
3.1. Educational System in Uganda 42
3.2. Primary Education Policy in Uganda 45
3.3. Dropout Problem in Uganda 48
4. Analyzing Primary Education Policy in Uganda and Implications 53
4.1. Analyzing Primary Education Policy in Uganda 53
4.2. Theoretical Implications 70
5. Conclusion 71
References 75
ABSTRACT IN KOREAN 86
〈Table 4-1〉 Uganda's Educational Policy in Ecological Systems Perspective (Based on NDPI and ESSP 2010-2015) 58
[Figure 2-1] Ecological Systems Model from Bronfenbrenner (1979) 24
[Figure 2-2] The Causal Factors of Dropout in Ecological Systems Perspective 39
[Figure 3-1] Educational System in Uganda 44
[Figure 3-2] Uganda's Enrollment in Primary Education 51
[Figure 3-3] Uganda's Dropout Rate in Primary Education 52
[Figure 4-1] Ecological Systems Model of Uganda's Educational Policy 65
[Figure 4-2] WGI Rank of Sub Saharan Africa and Uganda (Percentile) 69