Effect of child domestic work on students academic performance: case study of Chemange Seed Sec School, Benet Subcounty, Kween District
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2018-09
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Kampala International University, School of Education
Abstract
Education is the key element in the prevention of child domestic work at the same time child
domestic work is one of the main abstracts of education at the basic level. Child domestic work
has assumed alarming proportion of the world over and most especially in the developing world.
Literature indicates that child domestic work is the main obstacle of human resource
development which is the necessary ingredient of National Development understanding the
intei~lay between education and child domestic work will help to eliminate it and improve our
school environment, the survey of child domestic work examines child domestic work and
student’s academic performance in Benet sub-county. The case study method will be used in the
study because of its relevance’s in contemporary developmental issues like child domestic work.
Systematic sampling will be used to select the households and schools who are interviewed. The
study will rely on data gathered from the secondary sources and primary data from the field to do
the analysis. The results of the study indicate child domestic work is considered as a normal
practice and indeed healthy to the property upbringing of the child. Children working on family
firms and with family enterprises are seen as part of the process of by which they are trained
towards adulthood. The reasons given by the heads of households surveyed for allowing their
children to work were categorized into tbrms and they as follows:- To support fhmily income, as
a form of child training, to support child education and to help in household enterprises. The
results of the survey show that all children in ages 5- 1 7years of household surveyed in the study
at least do household chores. In all there are (675) children in this age bracket of’ the household
surveyed. Most of’ them apart from household chores also work to assist their parents during
rainy season. International N.G.Os such as child compassion and FAWE in the study area are
sensitizing girls on their rights including their rights to education the activities of some of’ this
N.G.Os according some beneficiaries have impacted positively on their education since they no
longer depend on their parents lbr school fees and unifhrms. There are no specific programs by
the district assemblies to fight the child domestic work problem though the officials admit child
domestic work exist in Benet sub-county. The study will make a number of recommendations
including the following; improving the local economy, tackling the broader socio-cultural and
economic situation of farmers, increasing access, quality and relevance of education, motivating
teachers to give their best, embarking on family planning campaigns, extension of social
amenities to the area and making and enforcing laws on child domestic work. With the
knowledge of what pertains on the ground about child domestic work will help to improve
education if suggestions are factored into plans for the ai’ea.
Description
A research dessertation submitted to the Faculty of Education in the partial fulfillment of tile requirement for the award of a Bachelors Degree of arts with Education of Kampala International University
Keywords
Child domestic work, Students, Academic performance, Chemange Seed Sec School, Benet Subcounty, Kween District