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Educational Wastage: a Case Study of Upper Primary School Girl Dropouts in Otonglo Zone, Kisumu Municipality
EDUCATIONAL WASTAGE: A CASE STUDY OF UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOL GIRL DROPOUTS IN OTONGLO ZONE, KISUMU MUNICIPALITY

BY SUSAN M. OMBATI.
Reg No.: No: L50/70596/09

A Research Proposal Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management of the University of Nairobi.

March 2009. DEDICATION

To my loving dad, Ombati J. Monari for the labour of love and belief in me. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I acknowledge God’s faithfulness and amazing provisions this far and in the future. During the entire course I have received, and continue to receive, a lot of encouragements and support from many people. Time and space cannot allow me to mention you all by name. This however, does not limit in any way my indebtedness to you all. Special mention goes to my supervisor, Dr. Odundo for his tireless efforts in guiding my ideas. I am as well indebted to my lecturer Dr. Rambo, without whose knowledge this work would not have materialised. I cannot fail to mention Mr. Mbura of University of Nairobi’s Kisumu Extra Mural Centre who encouraged me to join the programme. I am as well very grateful to my colleagues at work especially Mr. Tom Adero for their untiring support. Last but by no means least, I am grateful for the untiring efforts of Njoroge wa Wahome of Intelex ICT Solutions who typeset and flawlessly formatted this report. DECLARATION BY CANDIDATE
This research proposal is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other university. No part of this research may be reproduced in any means or form without the prior consent of the author or the University of Nairobi.
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Susan Ombati
(Candidate)
DECLARATION BY SUPERVISORS
This research proposal report has been submitted for examination with our approval as university supervisors
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