Effects Of Child Abuse On School Children In Embolot Location, Marakwet District, Kenya.

ABSTRACT

The researcher had noted that there were various practices of child abuse in

Embolot Location, Marakwet district. So the study had sought to probe the effects of

these abuses on school children.

The study was aimed at answering the following research questions:

1. What are the various forms of child abuse that exist in primary schools in Embolot

Location7

2. What are the effects of child abuse on school children!

3. What are the ways of alleviating child abuse in schools7

Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed to conduct the study.

Questionnaires and an interview guide were employed as key instruments for the

study. Respondents were selected by random sampling technique to give equal

opportunities of participation.

Findings of the study revealed that:

(i) There are various forms of child abuse that exist in primary schools of Embolot

Location.

:ii) Due to various evils of child abuse, children experience various phys1cal,

emotional, social and psychological effects that have a bearing on learning and

teaching.

iii) There were various things that could be undertaken to alleviate child abuse.

t was concluded that:

::::hildren that attend the various primary schools in Embolot Location were

tulnerable to various forms of child abuse that affected them physically, morally,

;ocially and mentally. These greatly had a bearing on their development and

earning. However, though economic factors were a great constraint, there were a

lumber of measures that could be taken at national, local and community levels to

illeviate child abuse practices.

was recommended that it was necessary to set up poverty alleviation strategies,

~nsitize communities ahd organize guidance and counseling to fight child abuse

rils.