TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page i
Approval ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of Contents vi
List of Tables ix
Abstract x
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 17
Purpose of the Study 18
Research Questions 18
Research Hypothesis 19
Significance of the Study 19
Scope of the Study 20
Operational Definition of Terms 20
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Preamble 22
Influence of Domestic Labour on Secondary School Students Performance 22
Influence of Absenteeism on Secondary School Students Performance 25
Influence of Commercial Child Labour on Secondary School Students
Performance 26
Influence of Household Poverty on Secondary School Students
Performance 27
Influence of Social Roles in Child Labour on Secondary School Students
Performance 30
Theoretical Framework 32
Conceptual Framework 33
Summary of the Review of Related Literature 34
CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY
Preamble 36
Research Design 36
Population, Sample and Sampling Techniques 37
Instrumentation 37
Validity 38
Reliability 38
Procedure for Data Administration and Collection 39
Data Analysis Techniques 39
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
Preamble 40
Demographic Data 40
Hypotheses Testing 43
Summary of Findings 47
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATION
Preamble 49
Discussion 49
Conclusion 51
Recommendations 51
Suggestions for Further Studies 52
Reference 53
Appendix 58
LIST OF TABLES
Table1: Distribution of Respondents on the basis of Gender, School
Type, Class taught and Teaching Experience. 40
Table 2: Mean and Rank order of respondents on the influence of
child labour on academic performance on secondary school
students. 42
Table 3: Mean, Standard Deviation and t-value of Respondents
on the influence of child labour on students performance on
the basis of genders 44
Table 4: Mean, standard deviation and t-test of Respondents on
influence of child labour on students’ academic
performance on the basis of school type. 44
Table 5: Mean, Standard Decision and t-value of Respondents on
the influence of child labour on students academic
performance on the basis of class taught. 45
Table 6: ANOVA of Respondents on the influence of child labour
on student’s academic performance on the basis of teaching
experience. 46
Table 7: Duncan Multiple Range Test on Teacher’s Teaching
Experience. 47
ABSTRACT
Child Labour is a working child who is under the age of 18 years specified by law. Any child who is involved in gainful employment, feed self and augments family income at the experience of learning for the purpose of school examination success is being subjected to child labour. Influence is the power to make other people agree with your opinions or do what you want. Agents this background, the study examined the influence of child labour on academic performance of secondary school students as perceived by teachers in Ila Local Government.
Data collected were from Ten (10) Secondary Schools in Ila Local Government. Two Hundred (200) respondents were engaged in the study. The percentages t-test and ANOVA statistical method were used for analysis of data collected. The result derived from the analysis revealed that child labour influence academic performance of students as perceived by teachers in Ila Local Government among others. In the hypothesis for influence of child labour on students’ academic performance on the basis of gender, there was no significant different.
In hypothesis for influence child labour on academic performance of students on the basis school types, there was no significant difference. In the hypothesis for influence of child labour on academic performance of students on the basis of class taught, there was no significant difference. In the hypothesis for influence of child labour on academic performance of students on the basis of teaching experience, there was no significant difference.
Based on this findings, it was recommended that parent should be sensitized by the teachers on the importance of their student academics so as to understand their role and involvement in their children’s academic performance. This will make them minimize the child labour at home and make them concentrate in their school work. It was also recommended that, there should be enforcement of law by the Ministry of Education and another education stakeholder to guide the children against child labour that affect their academic performance.
