Assessment of Child Labour and its Impact on the Right to Primary Education: The Case of Bahir Dar Town, Gishabay and Hidar 11 Kebeles

Abate, Abebe Alewond (2014) Assessment of Child Labour and its Impact on the Right to Primary Education: The Case of Bahir Dar Town, Gishabay and Hidar 11 Kebeles. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

Child labour has been one of vibrant and pervasive social problem of Ethiopia. On the other hand, little research has been conducted on it to scrutinize the nature, magnitude, and its impact on primary education. Hence, the study examined the interplay between child labour and the attainment of primary education for children whose age are between the age group of 6 to14 in Bahir Dare town, Gishabay and Hidar 11 kebeles. To underpin the concepts of child labour, the researcher undertaken the four theories of child labour: labour market perspective, human capital perspective, social responsibility perspective and child centered perspective. The researcher employed qualitative research method. In-depth interview, key informants interview, FDGs and observation were utilized to collect the necessary data. The finding of the research indicates that child labourers are not well aware of about their human (child rights) rights. The results of the study reveal that despite children deserves a special protection for their vulnerability; they are engaging in labour works and compelled to withdraw from school. This greatly affects their right to education. When children invested more times on works, they have not get enough time to go school, for doing homework, an assignment, study, and rest. Therefore, investing more hours on work is potentially reducing the educational achievement of working children. Child labour has also significant impacts on the health condition, physical, mental, psychological development self-esteem and self-confidence of a child. Poverty, peer pressure, lack of attitudinal change to consider child labour as other crimes; ignorance of social responsibility, and lack of concern to see children as once own child accounts the major factors for the prevalence of child labour in the studying areas.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Emmanuel Ndorimana
Date Deposited:	12 Jun 2018 06:28
Last Modified:	12 Jun 2018 06:28
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/4637

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