Child safeguarding standards and perceived school readiness in Nepal

Abstract

Child safeguarding strategy and school readiness are crucial for creating a safe and sound learning environment in schools. In this context, this study intends to assess the influence of child safeguarding strategy on school readiness. So, the researcher carried the cross-sectional survey as the research design and adopted the self-administer questionnaire to collects data from 393 primary level school teachers from the Bagmati province of Nepal. After gathering data, the linear regression model was employed to analyze the data for obtaining results. This study obtained the significant relationship between child safeguarding strategy and school readiness. In the line with this result, school readiness is highly contributed by child safeguarding strategy in school settings. Overall, it is settled that ensuring child safeguarding strategies like policy, people, procedure, and accountability are essential for promoting school readiness. Thus, the child safeguarding strategy is necessary to establish a safe and sound environment for learning, which is also the motto of school readiness.