Effects Of Child Labour On The Academic Performance Of Primary School Pupils In Jinja District Buwenge Sub C

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was To identify the effects of child labour on the academic performance of primary school children. The study was conducted in selected primary schools in Buwenge Sub County Jinja District Eastern Uganda. The General Objectives of the Study was To establish the effects of child labour on the academic performance

of primary school children in Jinja district Buwenge Sub County and the Research Objectives were; To find out the effects of child labour on the academic performance of primary school children in Jinja district Buwenge Sub County. To find out the effect of child labour on primary school children’s assessments grades in Jinja district Buwenge

Sub County. To find out the relationship between child labour and academic performance in primary schools of Jinja district Buwenge Sub County.

The researcher employed the simple random sampling technique during the research when she selected the sample size of the research and here she employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection. The finding indicated that both male and females were respondents with the percentage of 100 this is true because

pupils and parents and head teachers were interviewed. The researcher used both

descriptive and analytical research designs. The research designs were appropriate because data was easily analyzed using frequency counts and percentage derived from the responses obtained in the questionnaires. From the study, it’s clear that majority of school going children are agents of child labour and academic performance was

affected due poor turn up and incomplete homework assignments from pupils. In conclusion, Although high numbers of children from poor families are joining economic activities as workers and continue to be exposed to various worst forms of child labour, the greatest challenge lays in unfolding its often invisible or disguised traits which make it tolerable and widely accepted within local communities.

Table of Contents

DECLARATION

APPROVAL

LIST OF TABLES viii

LIST OF ABBREVIATION ix

ABSTRACT

CHAPTER ONES 1

INTRODUCTION 1

1.0 Introduction 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 2

1.3 Purpose of the Study 4

1.4 Objectives of the Study 4

1.4.1 General Objectives 4

1.4 Research Objectives 4

1.5 Research Questions 4

1.6 Scope of the Study s

1.6.1 Subject Scope 5

1.6.2 Geographic Scope 5

1.6.3 Time Scope 5

1.7 Significance of the Study 5

1.8 Conceptual Framework 6

1.9 Definition of Terms 7

CHAPTER TWO 8

LITERATURE REVIEW 8

2.0 Introduction 8

2.1. Government Policy on Child Labour 8

2.1.1 The National Child Labour Policy g

2.1.2 The National Employment Policy

2.1.3 Plan of Action on Child Labour 10

2.2 Legal and Other Interventions to Eliminate Child Labour 10

2.2.1 The Constitution of the Republic Of Uganda 10

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2.2.2 The Employment Decree 1975 10

2.2.3 The Children’s Statute No. 16 of 1996 10

2.2.4 Revisions Made To Labour Laws ii

2.3 Practical Interventions 11

2.3.1 The Ministry Of Gender, Labour and Social Development 12

2.3.2 Universal Primary Education 12

2.4 The Status of Working Children in Uganda 12

2.4.1 Education in Uganda 13

2.5 Child Labour and school performance 15

2.6 Factors that Affect School Performance 16

2.6.1 Teacher’s Characteristics 16

2.6.2 School Administration 17

2.6.3 Pupil’s Characteristics 17

2.7 Measures to Curb Child Labour 18

2.7.1 Legislation Framework 18

2.7.2 ILO No 138 (1973) 18

2.7.3 ILO Convention 182, 1999 18

2.7.4 The Employment Act 2007 19

2.7.5 ILO Recommendation 190, 1999 19

2.7.6 The Children Act, 2001 19

2.7.7 Complementary Interventions 19

CHAPTER THREES 21

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 21

3.0 Introduction 21

3.1 Research Design 21

3.2 Study Population 21

3.2.1 Sample size 21

3.3 Sampling Design and procedures 22

3.4 Data Sources 22

3.5 Data Collection Methods and Instruments 23

3.5.1 Questionnaires 23