Impact of Terrorism on Dropout Rate of Students at Elementary School Level In District Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

Terrorism is the phenomenon, in which frightened and terrified situation is created by a group of people who view themselves as badly treated by society. The major impact of the terrorism is that the parents have stopped their children to attend the school. This study is aimed at recognizing the impact of terrorism on dropout rate of elementary school students in district Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Objectives of the study were to find out the impact of terrorism on dropout rates, academic performance, and motivation of the elementary school students. The population of the study comprises of eight circles in district Peshawar. Three hundred and twelve (312) school teachers were taken as sample. In order to collect the data, questionnaire was used. The collected data was analyzed through SPSS version 20. Depending on the nature of the variables Regression analysis, Chi-Square and Descriptive statistics were used. It was seen that fear of terrorism is one of the main causes of student's to dropout from the schools.