EFFECT OF CHILD DOMESTIC WORK ON STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: CASE STUDY OF CHEMANGE SEED SEC SCHOOL, BENET SUBCOUNTY, KWEEN DISTRICT

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.