THE EFFECT OF CHILD LABOR ON CHILDREN EDUCAION IN THE CASE OF ABUNE BASLIOS PRIMARY SCHOOL

Abstract

This study attempted to assess the effects of child labour on the Children education: the case of Abune Baslios primary school, kolfe keraniyo sub-city, Adis Ababa Ethiopia. Child labour is a work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their dignity, interferes with their ability to attend regular school and that is harmful to physical and mental development. There is a negative effect of child labour on school attendance. Child labour adversely affected school participation and educational attainment. The major objective of the study is to identify the effects of child labor on children education. The study conducted by selecting 15 child labourer, 5 parents, and 5 teacher respondents through purposive non-probability sampling technique. Qualitative data were collected by using interview, observation method and focus group discussion. The data analyzed through thematic data analysis method. The findings of the study indicate that nearly all the child workers that participated in the study were from economically poor families and some being orphaned. Other findings of this study shows that the phenomena of poverty, family displacement, unemployment, prevalence of HIV/AIDS and parental death are the major causes of child labour in the study area. It also shows the negative impacts of child labour on children education. The continuous involvement of children in working with little or no prospect of education perpetuates the vicious circle of poverty.