Gender disparity continues as an unsolved concern for decades in Ghana particularly in rural Ghana, which has a bigger problem for children not completing the full cycle of basic education, especially for the girl child. This paper therefore critically reviews the gender characteristics of basic school dropout concerning issues of gender equity in the educational system of rural Ghana. The study was based on both qualitative and quantitative approaches to data collection which include observation, individual interview, focus group interview (discussion) and questionnaire with children as primary respondents followed by head teachers and education administrators. The study found out that most
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