CHILD ABUSE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SELECTED PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS IN OREDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE, NIGERIA
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This study examines the relationship between academic performance in selected public secondary schools students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The study's specific objectives were to determine the causes of child abuse and whether it can influence students to engage in antisocial behaviour in public secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. Additional objectives included determining whether there is a relationship between academic performance and physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological abuse, as well as whether it affects students' academic performance.
100 respondents were selected from Edokpolor Senior Grammar School and Oredo Girls Senior Secondary School. A personal administration of one hundred valid questionnaire responses was used to get the data. Major statistical techniques for data analysis and hypothesis testing in the study included frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation, t-test statistics analysis, multi regression analysis, and tables.
The analysis revealed that physical abuse has no significant relationship with academic performance of public secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria; that sexual abuse has significant relationship with academic performance of public secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria and that emotional or psychological abuse has significant relationship with academic performance of public secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria.
Finally, the study recommends for the establishment of thorough prevention and awareness initiatives in schools to inform parents, instructors, and students about the negative impacts of emotional and psychological abuse on academic performance; encouragement of a school climate that places a high value on empathy, respect, and a zero-tolerance policy for any kind of harassment or abuse, examination and improvement of current laws and policies pertaining to the protection of children and the avoidance of abuse in the educational system.
Keywords: Child Abuse, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse and Student Academic Performance.
100 respondents were selected from Edokpolor Senior Grammar School and Oredo Girls Senior Secondary School. A personal administration of one hundred valid questionnaire responses was used to get the data. Major statistical techniques for data analysis and hypothesis testing in the study included frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation, t-test statistics analysis, multi regression analysis, and tables.
The analysis revealed that physical abuse has no significant relationship with academic performance of public secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria; that sexual abuse has significant relationship with academic performance of public secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria and that emotional or psychological abuse has significant relationship with academic performance of public secondary school students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria.
Finally, the study recommends for the establishment of thorough prevention and awareness initiatives in schools to inform parents, instructors, and students about the negative impacts of emotional and psychological abuse on academic performance; encouragement of a school climate that places a high value on empathy, respect, and a zero-tolerance policy for any kind of harassment or abuse, examination and improvement of current laws and policies pertaining to the protection of children and the avoidance of abuse in the educational system.
Keywords: Child Abuse, Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse and Student Academic Performance.
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