IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD’S RIGHTS LAW: ITS INFLUENCE ON LEARNERS’ ENGAGEMENT AND SCHOOL DISCIPLINE IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Child rights, Child Rights Act, Implementation of Child Rights Act, Learners’ engagement, School disciplineAbstract
The adoption of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child in Nigeria seemed to have brought certain changes to school administration. This study examined the influence that the implementation of the Lagos State Child’s Rights Law (2007) by Lagos State Government has on learners’ engagement and overall school discipline of the schools. The population of the study consisted of all principals, vice-principals, year tutors (Heads of Departments), counsellors and class teachers of public secondary schools in Lagos state totalling about 10,000. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. Stratified random sampling was used to draw 360 sample participants from the study population. Instruments used for data collection were the questionnaire tagged CRLRQ and an in-depth interview of participants to validate the questionnaire responses. Two research questions guided the study. The data of the research questions were analysed using Frequency Counts, Percentages and Mean. The findings from the study indicated that the introduction of the Lagos State Child’s Rights Law (2007) has influenced learners’ engagement and discipline in the schools. Recommendations include that the Lagos State Ministry of Education should have a constant reorientation training sessions for the different school management and teachers in Lagos State to imbibe the new implementation in the running of the schools to facilitate a better learners’ engagement and overall discipline
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