Assessment of Child Protection Services Provided to Primary Schools Pupils. A Case Study of Selected Primary Schools in Ilala City council.

Kombe, Rehema G. (2023) Assessment of Child Protection Services Provided to Primary Schools Pupils. A Case Study of Selected Primary Schools in Ilala City council. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

This study titled “assessments of Child Protection Services Provided to Primary Schools Pupils. A Case Study of Selected Primary Schools in Ilala City council”. This study was guided by three specific objectives namely; to examine child protection services provided to primary school pupils; to examine roles played by teachers (schools) in protecting primary school pupils; and to explore on the Causes of Child Abuse in Primary School Perspective of Child Protection. This study was guided by Social Learning Theory. The theory helps children to increase awareness on negative or risky practices, safe care as well as preventive mechanism. The study adopted descriptive research design, and used a sample size of 100 research subjects; simple random and purposive sampling procedures used. A mixed method approach utilized and incorporated questionnaires and interview methods for data collection. The study finding revealed that creating of awareness on child protection was the leading service for child protection. Further, the findings showed that guidance and counseling is a dominating role of teacher. Moreover, not reporting child abuse identified to be as a dominating cause of child abuse. This study concludes that children are still at risks of abuse though the risk is at minimum level in the hands of responsible and caring teachers, parents, neighbors and peers to list but a few. This study recommends the respective government instruments to act strongly and quickly on any child abuse practices and cases reported touching the welfare of children at schools or in their homes. Key words; Pupil, Child, Teacher, Violence against Children, Child Protection, Parent

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