EFFECTS OF STREET HAWKING ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF J.S.S 1 STUDENT (EDUCATION PROJECT TOPICS AND MATERIALS)
CHAPTER ONE
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Nigeria as a developing country needs people who are required for the political, social and economic development of the country. This is necessary because Nigeria no longer need money bag citizens, rather she needs men and women and enough money for the peoples comfort. In order to achieve this, school or formal education for all in Nigeria is mandatory and necessary. It is not important that all Nigeria citizens in Odeda Local Government in particular get full formal education which leads to school dropout and human wastage or attrition. Looking at the economic problems in Nigeria today, most especially those in the low socio-economic classes engaged their children and wards in various activities such as hawking.
Hawking according to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 6th edition, means moving to sell things by going from placed to place asking people to buy them. However, Olalere (2007) identified two main types of hawkers which are: the hawkers that carry their goods in wheels and the side walk hawkers who sit with their wares beside the road. According to Olalere, the capital out lay for types of trade is determined by nature of goods traded. The hawker builds cart to suit his or her purpose. The hawker also employs different media of advertising their wares like; buy your sweet orange, the hawker may also decided to short the names of their goods in the manner peculiar and appealing to people.
Many of the hawkers sell different goods which one might not go out ordinary to buy except on impulse basis if we come across them on the way. For the side of the hawker, they sit by their goods and attend to those who come to them. The capital required is determined by the nature of the wares. Hawking also take place in the rural areas but are mostly alone in the evenings when people are back from the farm, village markets or school. The situation is ever different in urban areas. Hawking goes on in the urban area from morning to evening on a daily basis.
