Assessing the effects of domestic violence on academic performance in selected primary schools in Ssembabule District:
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2010-09
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
Domestic abuse or rather commonly known as domestic violence is best defined
by Markwitz (2000) to mean a pattern of abusive behaviors by one or both
partners in an intimate relationship such as marriage, dating, family, friends or
cohabitation. It broadly includes spousal abuse, child abuse, or intimate partner
violence. Asking any Ugandan from any corner of the country and they will tell
ยท you they have experienced, seen or been victims of any of the forms advanced
by Markwitz. What is preposterous is that the impasse is on the increase
affecting families, communities, including children. Children as this study has
revealed do not only suffer from physical, emotional, psychological but affects
their studies and grossly messing their academic grades.
It is against this back ground that the researcher set out to assess the extent of
the effect. The specific objectives were, to establish the effects of domestic
violence on academic performance, to ascertain the relationship between
domestic violence and academic performance, to identify avenues established by
authorities to remedy the state of affairs and to identify possible solutions to the
problem. The findings of this study are appalling; members of the community
seem to have accepted domestic violence as a way of life for mainly married
couples. Because of this people can not tell whether most of the fights and
squabbles that happen in homes actually amount to domestic violence. Members
of the community hence never report such cases to authorities or can , even
testify in Court when called upon. In effect children miss school, or at best those
who can persist end up failing examinations, not because they are dense but
because they are psychologically unbalanced and lack concentration at school.
The researcher ends with recommendation to both NGO heads, Ministries of
Education, Information and to Cultural heads to harness efforts and save the
situation.
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A Dissertation presented to the institute of distance learning in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of a diploma in guidance & Counselling of Kampala International University
Keywords
Domestic violence, Academic performance, Primary schools, Uganda