Children's Denial Of The Right To Education And Its Effect In Socio-Economic Development A Case Study Of Bamunanika Sub-County Luwero District

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ......................................................................................... i

APPROVAL. ............................................................................................ ii

DEDICATION .......................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ........................................................................... iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. v

LIST OF ACRONYMS .............................................................................. vii

CHAPTER ONE ........................................................................................ 1

1.0 Introduction ....................................................................................... I

1.1 Background To The Study .................................................................. 1

1.2 Statement Of The Problem ................................................................. 3

1.3 Objectives .......................................................................................... 4

1.3. General objective ............................................................................... 4

1.3.2 Specific objectives ........................................................................... 4

1.3.3 Scope of the study ........................................................................... 4

1.4 Significance of the study .................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................ 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................. 6

2.0.Introduction ....................................................................................... 6

2.1. Poverty .............................................................................................. 6

2.2. Drunkardness ................................................................................... 7

2.3. Extra marital relations; ..................................................................... 7

2.4. Wars and Conflicts ............................................................................ 8

2.5. Child mental and physical handicapped ............................................ 9

2.6. Family Misunderstandings ................................................................ 9

2.7. Hatred ............................................................................................. 11

2.8. Witchcraft ....................................................................................... 11

2.9. Exploitation ..................................................................................... 12

2.10. Ill Health ........................................................................................ 12

2.11. Women not Controlling Resources .................................................. I 3

2.12. Peer Pressure ................................................................................. 13

2.13. Culture .......................................................................................... 14

2.14 Why the drop out rate ..................................................................... 14

2.15 Effects of the Dropout Rate on socio-economic

development. ....................................................................................... 15

2.16 Conclusion ...................................................................................... 16

CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................... 17

METHODOLGY ....................................................................................... 17

3.0. Introduction ..................................................................................... 17

3.1. Procedure ........................................................................................ 17

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3.2. Description of the case study- Bamunanika sub-county ................... 17

3.3. Study design ................................................................................... 18

3.4 Sample selection ............................................................................... 18

3.5 Ethical consideration ........................................................................ 18

3.6 Data Collection ................................................................................. 19

3.7 Questionnaire ................................................................................... 19

3 .8 Interview ........................................................................................... 19

3.9 Focus group discussion ..................................................................... 20

3.10. Data analysis ................................................................................. 21

3.11.Limitations encountered during the research study ................................ 21

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................. 22

PRESENTATION OF DATA AND ANALYSIS .............................................. 22

4.0 Introduction: ..................................................................................... 22

4.1 Age: ................................................................................................... 23

4.2 sex .................................................................................................... 23

4.3 Marital status ................................................................................... 23

4.4 Employment status ......................................................................... 24

4.5 Nature of marriage; ........................................................................... 24

4.6 Number of years in Marital union ...................................................... 25

CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................... 34

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ........................... 34

5.1 Introduction: ..................................................................................... 34

5. 2 Summary of the main findings .......................................................... 34

5.3 Conclusions ...................................................................................... 35

5.4 Recommendations ............................................................................. 38

REFERENCES ........................................................................................ 41

APPENDIX ONE ...................................................................................... 42

THE QUESTIONNAIRE ........................................................................... 42

APPENDIX TWO ...................................................................................... 44

THE INTERVIEW GUIDE ........................................................................ 44

APPENDIX THREE .................................................................................. 45

FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION GUIDE ..................................................... 45

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: Sample Structure and Size ............................................................. 22

Table 2: Marital Status ............................................................................... 23

Table 3: Employment Status ....................................................................... 24

Table 4: Nature of Marriage ........................................................................ 25

Table 5: Number of years in marital Union .................................................. 26

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GDP

HN

LC

LRA

NGOs

PPO

UBS

UDHC

UPE

USE

UNICEF

UNDP

UNHCHR

LIST OF ACRONYMS

Gross Domestic Product

Human Immune Virus

Local Council

Lords Resistance Army

Non Government Organization

Probation Police Officer

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Uganda Development Housing Census

Universal Primary Education

Universal Primary Secondary Education

United Nations International Children's Education Fund

United Nations Development Report

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY

Children's rights are legal procedures or a framework of minimum defense for young people who are weak and powerless and are a shield against the common threats of life and therefore minimum demands needed in all societies to protect children. Uganda's population is fast growing and keeps doubling every after ten (10) years. The recent census carried out on 13-19/9/02 revealed that there was an increase of 24.2 million people from 12.5 million in 1991. The central region had 27% of the total population and Kampala and Mbarara had the greatest of more than 1,000,000 each where as Kalangala had the least population of 100,000 people at that time (UBOS Feb 2007) census atlas.