Child Labour and Child Abuse as Predictors to Girl Child Dropout in Junior Secondary Schools in Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State
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https://doi.org/10.35404/LH.2024.1.33Keywords:
Child Abuse, Dropout, child labourAbstract
This research examined child labour and child abuse as predictors to girl child dropout in Ilorin East, Kwara State, Nigeria. The study was guided by five research questions and four null hypotheses that were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study population consists of 10 private and 15 public junior secondary schools in Ilorin East. The study adopted a descriptive type of survey, 375 female students were sampled through purposive and simple random techniques. The data collected was analyzed using the average mean score and mean rating using statistical package for Social Sciences, null hypotheses were tested using chi–square at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that child labour and child abuse influence girl child dropout in Ilorin East Kwara State, Nigeria. Also, the family type determines the influence of child labour and child abuse on girl child dropout in Ilorin East. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that the government in conjunction with child rights organizations should wage war against child labour and abuse among girl-child of school age. Also, Non-Governmental organizations should make a reach out to religious leaders of different faiths and stakeholders in education to enlighten the congregation on the consequences of child abuse.
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