ASSESSMENT OF TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD RIGHT ACT IN ILA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study assessed teachers’ perception on implementation of the child right act. The study was carried out in Ila Local Government Area of Osun State. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The population of the study consisted of all secondary schools teachers in Ila-local Government Area of Osun State. As at the time of the study, there were 352 secondary school teachers in Ila Local Government Area of Osun State. A sample of 200 (100 males, 100 females) secondary school teachers was drawn from the population with the use of Stratified sampling technique, by taking teachers’ gender into consideration. Questionnaire titled: “Teachers Perception on the implementation of the Child Rights Act (TPICRA)” was used for data collection, while the test-retest method of establishing reliability was used and it yielded r=0.75. Data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, t-test and one-way Anova at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that teachers’ have low awareness of the Child Rights Act, gender significantly influence the teachers’ perception of the implementation of the child Right Act, male teachers had better perception than female teacher on the implementation of child Right Act.  It was concluded that the secondary school teachers have low awareness of the Convention on the rights of the child, and gender influenced the teachers’ perception, this affected the support for the implementation of Child Right Act in Ila Local Government Area, Osun State. It was therefore recommended that Government should encourage the female across Secondary Schools in Osun State to familiarize themselves with media, so as to be well-informed about issues relating to Child Rights Act, and to channel their energy to improving the lots of children in the state.