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The everyday activities and the perceived importance of education and school of rural children in Uganda, a case of Bushenyi District, South Western Uganda

Ayebare, Gilda
Master thesis
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2014
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Abstract
Education in Uganda is perceived to be the instrument of development. Uganda was one of

the first developing countries to introduce universal primary education (UPE). It is one of the

millennium development goals to be achieved by 2015. This research focuses on everyday

activities and the perceived importance of education and school of rural children in Uganda.

This explores, the daily activities children engage in, how daily activities, poverty and other

challenges affect their school life as well as what children think about their own future.

The main theory in this study is the social studies of childhood. Rural children’s social

relationships and cultures are worthy of study in their own right. Children are active in the

construction and determination of their own social lives. The paradigm seeks to understand

children as agents through involving them in research by share their experiences. Therefore,

In order to understand children experiences. I took children as my informants and their views

were taken seriously. My study took children’s as active participants as opposed to human

becoming.

Results of my study show that poverty and gender are major factors affecting boys and girls

education together with other factors like early marriages, poor health, lack of enough food,

orphan hood and its implications, large families, heavy punishments, disability, teacher-child

relationship and age. The study has found that work is part of rural children’s life in

Bushenyi. Children participate in house hold production as part of their socialization.

Children in rural Bushenyi are expected to contribute to family income and at the same time

learn the necessary skills that enable them to be active members of society. Children’s

participation is vital in ensuring their stay in school and completion of their studies. This

study determined that domestic work is part of their everyday life.

I recommend policy makers like government of Uganda and non-governmental organizations

(NGO’s) to provide scholastic materials to school going children. To also expand on poverty

eradication programs like National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) and poverty

eradication Action Program.
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