STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPOUT FROM SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE

STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPOUT FROM SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE: The rate of student’s dropout in Benue state is an alarming issue and has been increasing by the day. Many students dropout from primary, secondary and tertiary institutions which is causing great harm to the community in which they live. Statistics shows that 80% of criminal cases that was investigated found that these persons are student’s dropout (students who had either dropout from primary, secondary or tertiary institutions) at some point. Most of this student dropout is now found on the streets wandering and causing problem in the community, they are always fond bars and streets taking and drinking harmful substance. The number contain to increase as both Male and female are in this categories and if nothing is done about this problem the whole state will constitute 50% of dropout and make life miserable for others to live, it is because of this problem that the researcher intends to study the rate of students dropout in secondary school in other to provide/suggest possible ways of reducing the rate of dropout if not eliminate it.