The purpose of this study was to gain a contextual understanding of the droprnout factors in specific schools in sebeta town. The main objective of the study was tornknow the cause for drop out and what would be the possible solution to enhance thernfollowing questions. 1) What are the drops out factors? 2) What are the pushingfactorsrnleading them to drop out of school? 3) What are the perceptions of teachers and otherrnstakeholders towards drop out? 4) What can be done to address this issue? An applieq,rninterpretive, qualitative research design was used This involved an investigation of thernsubjective experiences of students' drop out of school during the secondary cycle phasernof their education at specific schools. Informants were purposively selected accordingrnto specific criteria. Data were collected through six semi-structured interviews withrnstudents who dropped out of schools, a semi-structured discussion with focus grouprninterview and collages. The data were transcribed and analyzed using a qualitativernthematic analysis, and compared to previous research gleaned from an extensivernliterature review. Results that emerged from this study indicated that the participantsrnexperienced several barriers to learning embedded in the inter connected, which couldrncause them to drop out from schools. This included issues such as single parentrnfamilies, family conflict, lack of parental support, emotional difficulties due to homerncircumstances. The results from this study, therefore, highlighted areas that couldrnreceive attention in the specific schools to address the problem for learners whorndropped out of schools, further qualitative research is recommended to investigate thisrnphenomenon in broader spectrum of Oromiya liyu zone learners