Abstract
This study attempted to assess the Determinants of child labour and its effects on the Children’s schooling: the case of chiro Woreda, Oromia, Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to identify the working conditions of child laborer’s, to assess the factors that determine children decision to participation in work, school or a combination of them and also to assess the effect of child labour on the children’s schooling. The study conducted using 220 child laborer’s respondents. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected by using survey method and focus group discussion. The findings of the study indicate that nearly all the child workers that participated in the study were with disadvantaged background involving coming from poor families, some being orphaned and having migrated from other parts of Oromia as well as from neighboring South and Amhara region to chiro Woreda. Hence, the majority of the child laborer’s in this study found either illiterate or school drop outs, therefore policy measures that resort child workers from work to school should be put in place so as to make public schools well equipped and attractive to children and their parents. Keywords: child labor, determinant, education, impact and labor DOI: 10.7176/RHSS/10-23-04 Publication date: December 31 st 2020
Highlights
Background of the StudyChild labor has long been a critical issue
Methodology of the study The study was conducted on determinants of child labor and its impact on educational achievement in Eastern Ethiopia, in Chiro Woreda
In order to reduce the negative impact of child labour on the education of the children that participated in the survey, it requires solving the problems that families and children face which are primarily economic in nature
Summary
Child labor in developing Countries have been of particular concern This is because child labor is a moral issue and because of its significant impact on children’s development, a decisive factor for a country’s future growth and development (Glewwe and Jacoby, 1994; Edmonds, 2007). The world’s attention on child labor has been increasing as there is a significant number of child labor in developing countries and their involvement in exploitative or dangerous work Child labor is the exploitation of the children energies and potential at work rather than giving proper opportunity to study
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