The dropout rate in primary schools in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia is around 24% which is above the national average of nearly 17%; and first grade dropout rate around 35% which is above national average of 24%. According to the U.N., in developing countries, 87 percent of girls enroll in primary school, but only 39 percent finish lower secondary. Because of traditional methods of fermented food product of enset processing many young girls-elementary to secondary class exhibit early and let school dropout, show low academic performance and some have been totally illiterate.