Effect Of Labor On Girl Child Education In Moruita Sub County, Nakapiripirit District.

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2025-08-19

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Uganda Christian University

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The study concentrated on the effect of labor on girl child education in Moruita Sub County Nakapiripirit District. The study concentrated on three specific objectives of: To identify the effects of poverty on school attendance in Moruita Sub County, Nakapiripiriti district, to identify the effects of illiteracy on school dropout in Moruita Sub County, Nakapiripiriti district and lastly to identify the relationship between child labor and school dropout in Moruita Sub County, Nakapiripiriti district. The study used mixed research design and it considered a sample size of 108 respondents. Findings of the study showed that:Struggling to afford basic necessities is a barrier for girls to prioritize education that the burden of financial insecurity leads to stress and lack of concentration leading to girls drop out, that illiteracy has profound impacts on students leading to higher rates of girls drop out. Furthermore, findings showed that girls raised in poverty are not socially gracious leading to lack of ability to empathize with others thus drop out, that struggle of girls for basic needs make them demotivated to continue with studies. The findings of this study concluded that: struggling to afford basic necessities is a barrier for girls to prioritize education, that the burden of financial insecurity leads to stress and lack of concentration leading to girls drop out, that illiteracy has profound impacts on students leading to higher rates of girls drop out and that labour affects education of girls even with free school fees as they cannot go to school on time due to labour. The study had the following recommendations: There is need for the Government to put strict laws against child labour in order to reduce on dropout rates, there is need to sensitize the community on the dangers of child labour on their academic performance and lastly there is need for the government to set up better programmes that may encourage girl children to continue with school.

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