scholarly journals Child labour and school attendance: evidence from Bangladesh

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 77-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rasheda Khanam
Keyword(s):  
School Attendance ◽  
Child Labour

Child labour or school attendance? Evidence from Zambia

1997 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Jensen ◽  
Helena Skyt Nielsen
Keyword(s):  
School Attendance ◽  
Child Labour

scholarly journals Predictors of Child Labour Among In-School Adolescents in a Rural Local Government Area in Oyo State, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 193 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.A. Adegbenro ◽  
O.F. Opasina ◽  
F.O. Fehintola ◽  
S.A. Olowookere
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family ◽  
Lower Education ◽  
Daunting Challenge

Background: Child labour continues to be a daunting challenge worldwide. Child labour contradicts the intrinsic value Africans place on children. Objective: The study determined the prevalence and predictors of child labour. Subjects: in-school adolescents aged 10-14 years Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional study design. The data was collected using a pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire on child labour, school attendance, and academic performance. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: About 31.5% of the 660 participants had ever been engaged in child labour while 24.2% were currently engaged. The types of child labour the respondents were involved in included shop trading (85.0%) and street hawking (76.3%). Most employers of child labour were parents (85.0%) and the majority (71.3%) were unpaid. Few respondents involved in child labour had good attendance record (14.2%) and good academic performance (10.6%). The predictors of child labour include mothers lower education (OR=8.786, 95%CI= 3.589-21.508, p<0.0001), having more than three children in the family (OR=2.488, 95%CI=1.403-4.425, p=0.002) and loss of parents (OR=1.7, 95%CI=1.059-2.755, p=0.028). Conclusion: Child labour was prevalent among in-school adolescents. It negatively influences school attendance and academic performance. It is necessary to discourage child labour through community sensitization and improving the socio-economic status of parents.

scholarly journals Effect of Child Labour on Children’s Education in Katsina State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
A. Abdu ◽  
I. Rabiu ◽  
A. L. Usman
Keyword(s):  
School Attendance ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
National Level ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
The State ◽  
Family Type ◽  
Children's Education ◽  
Children’S Education

Child Labour has become devilishly ubiquitous with negative implications on Nigerian child’s development. Unfortunately, most researches concentrated on child labour issues at national level while little exists in literature at state level particularly Katsina. The study investigated effect of child labour on children’s education in Katsina State using descriptive survey design. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 216 child labourers from three senatorial districts of Katsina States. Structured interview schedule was used to collect data on respondents’ socio-economic characteristics, involvement in child labour, causes and effect. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in analysing data. Level of child labour in the State was high. Poverty, lack of uniform, books and problem of transportation fare were push factors. Majority perceived effect of child labour on education to be unfavourable. Being too fatigued for school work and to read, constrained enrolment in school, inability to recall learned experience and dropped out, lack of appraisal ability and disruption of school attendance were major effects. Significant correlation existed between level of involvement in child labour, causes and perceived effects on education. Family type and mother’s occupation showed significant relationship with effect. Causes of child labour involvement were major determinants of effect. Result provided support to show that level of child labour involvement was worrisomely high. Total free and compulsory primary and secondary education in the state should be taken serious and sanctions mated to parents who may attempt to deny their children schooling opportunity.

scholarly journals Impacts of Child Labour on School Attendance and Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Adesoji Oni
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Child Labour ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study investigated the impacts of child labour on school attendance and academic performance of secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. five hypotheses were tested. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A total of 300 respondent were selected from six (6) senior secondary school students within Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State using simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used was a four point modified Rensis Likert Rating Scale Questionnaire type. Data analysis were done using descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentage and mean to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses formulated were tested using Chi-square and independent t-test statistical tool at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that there was a significant effect of students’ exposure to child labour on the school attendance, academic performance and study habit of senior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. Also, there was a significant difference in academic performance of students exposed to child labour and those that are not in senior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. But there was no significant difference in school attendance of students exposed to child labour and those that are not in senior secondary school students in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The study recommended that the federal government of Nigeria should work towards the eradication of poverty by providing employments to its citizens, which is the primary cause of child labour, the Government/Community should develop positive strategies to labour reduction towards a fruitful fulfillment of children’s school attendance and academic performance, such as: introducing more subsidies such as free meal tickets and reduced school bills and that the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programs should be fully implemented and monitored to take care of these children exposed work.

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