Schooling Hidden Costs: The Correlation between Home-Based Costs and Students’ Transition Rate in Rwanda

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dc.contributor.authorKiruru, Ndiritu John
dc.contributor.authorMogaka, Magoma Charles
dc.contributor.authorJean Pierre, Mugiraneza
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-10T06:24:32Z
dc.date.available2020-09-10T06:24:32Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA research article published in European Journal of Education Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractImplementation of Fee-Free Schooling Policy is Rwanda’s strategy to ensure equity and access to basic education. However, since the implementation of this policy, thousands of students have failed to participate in basic education hence exposing the Rwanda Educational System to wastage and failure to achieve the Universal Basic Education. The failure to enhance full participation of learners in education is attributed to several factors among them the home-based costs. This paper, therefore, discusses the impact of homebased costs on students’ transition rate in tiers of 12 years education in Rwanda. It uses data collected from parents and headteachers to correlate home-based costs incurred by parents with students’ transition rate in tiers of basic education in Rwanda. Findings from a multi-regression analysis revealed that the costs of school uniform, school material, home-coaching and transport could be highly correlated with students transition rate in tiers of 12YBE, particularly in O’ level. It is therefore recommended that basic education stakeholders should understand that the realistic fee-free structure put in place by the Government of Rwanda must go together with a sustainable programme of students’ financial assistance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKiruru, N. J., Magoma, C. M., & Mugiraneza, J. P. (2020). SCHOOLING HIDDEN COSTS: THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HOME-BASED COSTS AND STUDENTS’TRANSITION RATE IN RWANDA. European Journal of Education Studies.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2501 - 1111
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.oapub.org/edu/index.php/ejes/article/view/3069
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/20302
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpen Access Publishing Groupen_US
dc.subjectRwandaen_US
dc.subjectfee-free schoolingen_US
dc.subjecthome-based costsen_US
dc.subjecthidden costsen_US
dc.subjectO levelen_US
dc.subjectA levelen_US
dc.subjectP levelen_US
dc.subject12YBEen_US
dc.titleSchooling Hidden Costs: The Correlation between Home-Based Costs and Students’ Transition Rate in Rwandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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