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6.2.6 Education level of parents (guardians)
Table 6 Frequency distribution according to the educational level
reached by the parents (guardians)
Educational level Frequency %
No formal schooling 34 17
Lower than Std 5 41 20,5
Std 5 21 10,5
Std 6 19 9,5
Std 7 6 3
Std 8 17 8,5
Std 9 16 8
Std 10 12 6
Diploma 11 5,5
Degree 6 3
Degree and Diploma 3 1,5
Higher Degrees 0 0
Missing value 14 7
Total 200 100
Table 6 indicates that 77%ofthe parents possess qualifications lower than standard
10. This finding correlates with the low percentage (6%) of professionally
qualified parents that emerged in Table 5.