| 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. |
