Child labour and Government’s free education policy In Ayivu county, Arua districtIn Uganda
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2012-10
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Kampala International University. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Abstract
This study examined the influence of child labour on government’s free education policy
in Ayivu county, Arua District in Uganda. A self made questionnaire is used to collect
data in order to obtain four research objectives; 1) to identify the profile of the
respondents, 2) to determine the extend of child labour, 3) to establish the level of
success of government’s free education policy, 4) to establish if child labour is
significantly correlated with government’s free education policy. And the study used
descriptive survey design in order to compare the extend of child labour to success of
Government’s free education policy. The sample of this study was 126 respondents
from five sub-counties in Ayivu county, Arua District. Key findings from the studies
were: (1) the profile of the respondents found that male (73.8%) children dominated
compared to female. Majority of the Children were within the age bracket of 11-29
years (52.4%). The children were among the family size of 5-8 people (35.7%) in a
family. Most of the children were born in Arua district (90.5%). Twenty nine percent
(28.6%) of the children had an educational level of secondary or 0. level, similarly
twenty nine percent of the children resided in Pajulu sub county. Male (83.3%) teachers
dominated in the research compared to female teachers and majority (97.6%) were
born in Arua district. Almost twenty nine percent (28.6%) of the teachers where within
the age bracket of 30-39 years and 40-49 years. In addition, most (40.5%) of the
teachers had family size of 1-4 or 5-8 people. Furthermore, majority (69 %) of them
had diploma certificates, and were class teachers (54.8%). In addition, almost seventy
percent (69%) the teachers work in government schools and majority (33.3°k) were
residents of Adumi. that majority of the children are employed because they want to
improve their standard of living (mean=3.39). The result also indicated that farming is
the most common activities the children are involved in (mean=3.29). In addition, one
to three of family members under 18 years of age are employed (mean=3.17). Male
children are mostly employed (mean=2.88). Further more, it was found that most of the
children search for the work themselves (mean=3.24). Most of the children start to work
from the age bracket of 15-16 years (mean=2.85). Their terms of employment is mostly
on short/casual terms (mean=2,83)
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A Thesis Presented to the school Of Postgraduate studies and Research Kampala International University
Kampala, Uganda In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree Masters of conflict Resolution and Peace-building
Keywords
Child labour, Education policy, Arua District