Female Genital Mutilation and Girl-Child Education At secondary School Level In Kapchorwa District, Uganda
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2017-08
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Kampala International University, Masters of Educational Management and Administration
Abstract
The study was carried out in Kapchorwa district of Uganda about female genital mutilation and
how it affects girl-child education at secondary school level in the district. The objectives of
the study were to establish the extent to which Female Genital Mutilation is practiced today in
Kapchorwa District; to establish the extent to which girl child education is promoted in
Kapchorwa District; as well as to find out the influence of Female Genital Mutilation on girl
child education in Kapchorwa District. Using a cross-sectional survey design with both
quantitative and qualitative approaches, a sample of 970 respondents all of whom were female
students of S.4, S5 and S.6 were involved in the study. These were got tIom 20 secondary
schools which were classified as rural (nine schools) and urban (11 schools). The findings
were that female genital mutilation is being practiced to a small extent; Girl child education at
secondary school level is being l)lomoted to a large extent: and that female genital mutilation
in Kapchorwa is exerting a minimal influence on girl child education today. Ii is mainly other
factors, not female circumcisions which make or cause girls of circumcisable age in
Kapchorwa district to be in school, or to drop out of school. These factors include parents’
level of education, parents’ socio-economic status, presence or absence of Universal
Secondary Education schools in the district, female role models in the district, as well as
social media influence. Based on the above, the following are recommended: that there is
need for the Government to continue sensitizing the masses about the dangers of that practice
so that it can be wiped out completely; that the Government should sensitise the masses more
about the value of educating both male and female children and be tough on those who deny
education to their female children; and there is need to control those factors which mainly
make or cause girls of circumcisable age in Kapchorwa district to drop out of school such as
parents’ level of education, poverty, absence of Universal Secondary Education schools in
the district, female role models in the district. This can be clone by building more USE
schools in the district and sensitizing parents and children more about the importance of self
sacrifice in order to educate children
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A Dissertation Submitted To The College Of Education Open And Distance Learning And Research As A partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For Award Of A Degree Of Master Of Educational Administration And Management Of Kampala International University
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Female Genital Mutilation and Girl-Child Education At secondary School, Kapchorwa District