THE EFFECT OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN EDO STATE
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EFFECT OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN
SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
Child abuse occupies a commanding position for both academic and sheer
selection yet they have been best with nagging problems particularly that of
neglect. This 2009 study sought to identify the causes of child abuse and
neglect among children from different home with special reference to selected
secondary schools in Egor local government area of Edo State.
Findings indicate that sheer desperation to be able to obtain and have a good
home and reduction of child abuse and neglect. At all cost. The tendency to
succumb to family pressure the inherent opportunity for child abuse anxiety
over non complexity of the syllabus and basic intellectual weakness are all
important factors that propel. The investigation has highlighted constant
counselling and some modification of the end of the causes of child abuse and
neglect system as steps towards reducing child abuse.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER
ONE
Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of Problem
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Limitation of the study
Scope of the study
Research questions
Definition of Terms
CHAPTER
TWO
Literature review
CHAPTER
THREE
Research methodology
Research Design
Area of the study
Population of the Study
Sample and Sample Techniques
Instrument for data collection
Validity of instrument
Method of data collection
Method of data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Data analysis and interpretation
CHAPTER FIVE
Discussion of finding
Summary of the study
Implication of the study
Recommendation
Conclusion
REFERENCES
QUESTIONNAIRE
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Education is an instrument of social, mental and economic development through
which right values and attitude for proper development are inculcated. Child
abuse and its consequences which is the unjust treatment given to a child,
disturb this development process.
It is a practice whereby children are battered, deprived of some basic needs in
the home and at school. The saying that the child is the father of the man
recognizes the fact that the quality of today’s child will determine the
quality of tomorrow’s man.
This study was necessitated by the researchers encounter with dismay the
multitude of school age children roaming in the street during school hours.
They hawk goods, wash cars, beg for food etc. these activities are deprivation
of the children, the right of education. Apart from that, they are sent to hawk
on daily basis ad warned not to return with the unsold goods. Girls turned to
promiscuity ad boys will turn to stealing in order to make up the money for
their mistress or masters as the case may be. In this process, some are killed
and others may run on cars when crossing road.
Truly, the present economic hardship in the country is a fascination or thus
child abuse. In this condition, education of the child becomes the victim of
economic down turn of the nation. For those that attend school, many are
hawking and pushing wheel-barrow, car wash as part time job to raise the school
fees. While others feeds ad cloth the family through the venture. As a result
of this abusing condition, the cumulative influence of these activities may
have poor academic performance as its consequences.
The offshoot of this child abuse and the consequences is examination
malpractice to make for academic deficiencies resulting from failure to attend
school regularly and devotion to class activities.
Thus, a child generally is a boy or a girl of any age between infancy and
adolescence. But for the convince of law, a definite age bracket is ascribed to
a child.
According to Eigbe (1996), a child in the southern states in Nigeria is a
person between the age of 0 – 14years and in northern states
between 0 – 12years.
Child abuse is a type of physical of mental injury or maltreatment of a person
who is regarded as a child. The definition of child abuse has been expanded considerably
to include more than just the beaten and sexually abuse child. It extends to
any condition injurious to child’s physical or emotional health that has been
inflicted by parents, guidance or other caretakers and schoolmates. The
situation should be that of intentional infliction of injuries other than
accidental means like suffering, harm by reasons of consequences, malnutrition,
sexual abuse of growing up under condition which threaten his or her survival.
Definite knowledge as to the nature and scope of child abuse appears to be
lacking due to the difficulties associated with the definition of the concept
as well as the cross cultural global issue regarding what is and what is not
child abuse. In western orientation, child abuse extends to various misuses of
children, especially with regards to functions relating to certain
responsibilities such as “child labour” either in the form of “farm work “, or
street hawking which many children in African cultural content embark upon as
an acquired work rule in an extended family system.
Children belong to the defenseless and disadvantaged group. They should not be
harmed or maltreated in any way as they are incapable of appreciating the
dangers they face and the adverse effects which ill treatment have on their
future development.
STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEMS
Egor Local Government Area has witnessed in human act of child abuse and its
consequences and its devastating effect on the child development. This becomes
obvious when on view it from treatment meted to the children from broken home
and parental neglect.
The following are some abuse and consequences meted on a child;
a.
Inadequate care for the children by parents and guardians in terms of providing
basic needs.
b.
Deprivation of certain children’s right both in the home and at school.
c.
Child prostitution through hawking
d.
Child kidnapping or death through hawking
e.
Exposure to danger of death or harm through kidnapping
f.
Misuse of children in various working areas.
OBJECTIVE
OF THE STUDY
The finding of this study will enable parents and guardians to have alternative
way a child rearing with abuse of children. There will be improvement on
children enrolment in the school as the findings of the study will be known to
the society at large.
The study will also help educational personnel to understand what constitute
child abuse and its consequences (like working on the teacher’s farm during school
hours, sex abuse by senior students, lack of teaching materials etc its
perpetuating force and effect so that they know where and how to start
combating it. This study will also help the government to know the various
forms of child abuse prevalent in Egor Local Government Area and the ways for
fighting them.
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
The following research questions guided the study:
a.
What constitute child abuse?
b.
What are the causes of child abuse?
c.
How does child abuse affect the academic performance of the children involved?
d.
In what ways can child abuse be controlled?
In
addition, the same act describes a maltreated child as a child under the age of
18 years who has been abandoned by his parents or other persons legally
responsible for his care. Schools, government and culture community occurrence
as acts of omission and or commission. He further said that neglect would
include deprivation of schooling materials care and malnutrition.
Rather than envy Nigerian child because he is force to watch greed, corruption,
painlessness, truancy, dishonesty, theft, brutal and hunger as a way of life.
This is true because in Nigeria situation for example, you see people so busy
chasing money so as its perpetuating force and effect. So that they know where
and to start combating it. It will help government to know the forms of child
abuse prevalent in Egor local government area and the ways of fighting
them.
SIGNIFICANT
OF THE STUDY
The findings of this study will enable parents and guardians to have the
knowledge and skills to study their children very well to know their right from
their left. There will be improvement on children enrolment in the schools as
the findings of the study will be know to the society at large.
The study will also help educational personnel’s to understand what constitute
child abuse and neglects (like working on the teachers farm during schools)
hours sex abuse by senior students, lack of teaching materials etc.
SCOPE
OF THE STUDY
This
study is limited to the effect of child abuse and its consequences on
educational performance of students in some selected secondary schools in Egor
Local Government Area of Edo State.
DEFINITION
OF TERMS
This study is limited to findings out the effect of child abuse and on
education development of student in some selected secondary schools.
The following terms
were used during this study.
Definition of child
abuse neglect: this is because a social concept like child abuse always
reflects the value which boarders on human nature and value. Child abuse is the
maltreatment of a child’s which interferes with the child development, him by
parents, guardians which makes the child to suffer harm, neglect through
without necessary basic physical care. Child abuse is the deprivation of child
care to a young person which distorts his development sequence.
Truancy
is a problem today in many place, truancy is caused in some of the cases that
are listed below. Child who become truancy can easily dropout of school.
1.
Good and quantity conducive environment for learning.
2.
introduces fun related activities to school curriculum
3.
A good and quality interaction between peer and colleagues.,
4.
Introduction of scholarship in the school curriculum classes students be
jam-packed.
5.
by legalizing activities in the school premises
6.
Whom there is disciplines at all levels of administration and down to the
students.
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