Eliminating and Sustaining Factors Influencing Child Begging in North Central Geo-Political Zone of Nigeria
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
The study examined eliminating and sustaining factors influencing child begging in North central geo-political zone of Nigeria. The researchers adopted survey research design with a population of 7,050 comprising children, mualluns and parents. Three research questions were used as a guide to the study and the sample of 721 comprising 621 mualluns and parents and 100 almajiri drawn from two sampled states through simple random and purposive sampling techniques. The instruments used for data collection were researchers developed questionnaire titled “Eliminating and sustaining factors of Child Begging Questionnaire (ESFCQ), interview and close observation which were face validated by three experts in Childhood Education, Islamic studies and Measurement and Evaluation from Federal College of Education, Kontagora, Niger State. The reliability estimate of ESFCQ was established using Cronbach Alpha’s co-efficient method and the index ranged from 0.78 to 0.71. Findings of the study revealed that poverty, migration and almajiri syndrome are the major sustaining factors, while provision of adequate social amenities like schools, daily school feeding for pupils and reorientation can play a vital role as eliminating factors of child begging. The study therefore recommended that Government should improve the living condition of families to take care of their children and also restructure the Islamiyya to include modern subjects in the centers
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