CHILD RIGHT VIOLATIONS AND EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOLSTUDENTS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study examined child right violation and student’s educational pursuit among secondary school students in
Ekiti State. The study adopted the descriptive survey and correlational research design. The population of the
study comprised of 104,817 students, 7,753 teachers in 206 Public Secondary Schools in 16 Local Government
Areas in the three senatorial districts in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select
135 teachers and 855 students. Two set of instruments tagged “Child Right Violation Questionnaire (CRVQ
with r =0.72)” and Educational Pursuit among Secondary School Students Questionnaire (EPASSSQ with r=
0.71)” were used for the study. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The
descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentages, mean and standard deviation were used to answer the
research questions, while the inferential statistics involving Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation was used to
test the hypothesis. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study showed that the level of
students’ educational pursuit in Ekiti State was moderate. The study showed that there was significant
relationship between child right violation and students’ educational pursuit. The study further revealed that
child right violation significantly contributed to students’ educational pursuit. Based on the findings of the
study, it was concluded that child right violation influences educational pursuit. Based on the findings of the
study, it was recommended that government should formulate policies that will protect school children from
child labour