Child rights violations and the imp act on academic performance
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2004-06
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Addis Ababa Universty
Abstract
This study il1\ estigated the extelll to which girls' rights are violated or neglected, and
examilled its fllllctiollal impact on their academic performance. A 101al of 196
respondents and 2-1 discussallts aged between 15 and 18 were involved A questionnaire,
foclls group discussion, and school records were used to gather data. Percentage,
al'erage (meall), t-test and Omega Squared (0/) were used for analysis. The reslllt of the
stlldy show that girl ' rights are violated both at home and school environment. As a
r '5111t, a nllmber offemale students do not benefit from the prol'ision C?i del elopmelll and
safeguard rights. 111 extrellle cases, there has beell a difference amollg female studellfs III
the protection (?f their rights. Stati tically significant difference is observed between the
mean academic performances of female students whose rights are relatively protected
alld those whose rights are violated Moreover protection difference in developmelll
rights and afeg7lard rights as treated separately also show some variation among
female students in their academic performance. It is also ob erved that development
rights, together with safeguard rights have profound impact 011 their academic
performance. Fil1ally, it is concluded that girls' rights violatiol1s are some of the main
contributingfactors to their law academic performance.
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Education