Child Labor and pupils’ academic performance in Kisoko Subcounty, Tororo district
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2024
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Busitema University
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The study sought the relationship between child labor and pupils’ academic performance in
Kisoko sub-county, Tororo District, Uganda. The objectives of the study were to identify the
forms of child labor, establish the effects of child labor on the academic performance and to
suggest ways of improving pupil’s academic performance in Kisoko sub-county, Tororo District.
The study adopted case study methods. Data were analysed using both quantitative and
qualitative data methods. The quantitative data analysis methos were descriptive statistics that
included frequencies, percentages and means, and inferential analyses that were correlation and
regression analyses. The study findings are; half of the pupils (65%) did not work for pay, profit,
family or exchange or home use, the children had own employment, casual and unpaid family
employment, the 25% of the pupils involved in non-paying activities. Majority of the pupils
(75%) were exposed to labor, a high percent of teachers (50%) rated the pupil’s performance in
class as good. The results disagree with those of 15% of the respondents who noted that pupils
performance was poor. The study concluded that; government and other stakeholder.
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Aloo, J. (2024). Child labor and pupils’ academic performance in Kisoko Subcounty, Tororo district [Research report]. Busitema University.