THE PERCEPTION OF TEACHER ON THE EFFECT OF CHILD ABUSE AN ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION: BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Child abuse is the non-accidental commission of any act by which a parent or caretaker upon a child under age eighteen (18) which causes or creates a substantial risk of physical or Emotional injury or constitute a sexual offence under the law of common wealth or any sexual contact between a parent/caretaker and a child under eighteen years.
Child abuse is a great problem that has negative impact in our society and also especially in academic performance of student in school and also it has great concern in our society like other social problem; child abuse has been attracting the attention of sociologist, philosopher, political scientist, psychologist, criminologist, counselors in school, teacher and social workers.
School counselors and teachers in particular have been working relentlessly to provide solution to the problem of child abuse, several educationist had tried their possible best to reduce this act in our society because this problem had played a negative impact in our social Economic political and academic lives of child abuser in both the rural and urban areas.
Child abuse has far reaching affects on the progress and aspiration of both the children and youth of all lend it determine how far student can benefit from school and how their life can be in great future, better homes, good government and community at large because any child that had been maltreated at the tender age can leads to maltreated adult which can affect the society at large.
Child abuse can lead to forms of abuse like physical abuse e.g lost of eye, hearing impairment, bruise, fracture, lacerations, dislocation of joint or life injury, and also leads to emotional abuse which can leads to all these Isolating, Terrorizing, Ignoring, Corruption. Not only these but also it can leads to sexual abuse that can affect the student live by turning their life to another thing that is socially negative like prostitution, Raping, Unwanted pregnancy.
The other crucial thing child abuse can leads to is neglect and this word neglect means persistence failure to meet a child basic needs which result in serious impairment of the child health and development, neglect may involve the child health and development.
Child abuse can exist when there is failure to provide adequate food, clothing or shelter and the following:-
