Girl - child Sexual Violence and Academic Achievement in Public Primary Schools of Kuria West Sub - County, Kenya
Journal Title: International Journal of Scientific Research and Management - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The study sought to examine girl - child sexual violence and academi c achievement in public primary schools of K uria West S ub - county. Despite Mechanisms put in place by Ministry of Education to gab girl child sexual violence in Schools, h o me factors such as Female Genital Mutilation and developed relationships between boys and girls in school contribute significantly to sexual violence a mong girls. I t affects girls’ completion of education and disrupts their career potential since many of them drop out of school b ecause of the unwanted pregnancy . Although Kenya’s MOEST’s health policy (2009 ) allows girls who con ceive to resume their studi es after delivery, girls drop out because of the shame and trauma . Guidance and counseling teachers ought to provide psychosocial support to girls to overcome shame and trauma . However there is laxity in some of the schools where guidance and counseling se rvices have not addressed girls’ sexual violence hence high dropout rate. The study was carried out in 28 public primary schools and the sub - county education office . The sample size consisted of 360 girls of class 7 and 8, 27 Head teach ers , 27 Guidance and counseling teachers and 1 Education officer. Stratified , simple random and saturated sampling techniques were employed . Questionnaires , interview schedules and document analysis guide were used to collect data. D ata was analyzed using Statistical Package of S ocial Science (SPSS) version 18 . Quantitative data was presented using descriptive statistics. Female Genital Mutilation was the most contributing home fact or that makes girls concentrates on sexual activities. The least factor was fathers raping girls at home. G irls abused sexually due to developed relationships with boys and teachers for the exchange of grades were the most and least school factors respectfully. It was recommended that ; the community should use alternative initiation rite of passage f or girls instead of female genital mutilation to edu cat e girls on cultural matters; head teachers should strengthen school rules, regulations and counseling programme to guide pupils ; the Ministry of education should organize sensitization workshops for pa rents, Board of Management and head teachers on le gal handling of sexual violence and Teachers Service Commission should employ more effective ways of disciplining teachers involved in sexual abuse in schools.
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Sussy Nafula Werunga
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