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Prevalence of child domestic labour in Torkor in the Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region

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dc.contributor.author Agbodzi, G. K.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-07-11T11:56:55Z
dc.date.available 2024-07-11T11:56:55Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.uri http://41.74.91.244:8080/handle/123456789/3723
dc.description A thesis in the Department of Social Studies Education, Faculty of Social Science Education, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Philosophy (Social Studies Education) in the University of Education, Winneba APRIL, 2023 en_US
dc.description.abstract This study surveyed the prevalence of child domestic labour in Torkor in the Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region of Ghana. The study's goal is to determine how common child domestic labour is in Torkor in the Kpando Municipality in the Volta Region. Furthermore, to comprehend the experiences, factors, and outcomes of domestic work on children engaged in Torkor in the Kpando Municipality in the Volta Region. A qualitative method design was used for the study. The major instrument for data collection was interview. Purposive and snowball sampling techniques were used to select the sample of respondents for the study. In all, nineteen (19) respondents were selected, seventeen (17) were from the community of study and Two (2) institutional heads from the Kpando Municipality. It was discovered through an in-depth interview that child domestic labour is prevalent in the Torkor community of the Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region. In addition, children engaged in domestic work are not given good care. The study also discovered that parents of children in domestic labour are given monies without the knowledge of the children. Additionally, the study revealed that children involved in domestic work are not allowed to fully concentrate on their academic work. It is recommended that among other things, government must put in place mass education to stop the menace. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Education, Winneba en_US
dc.subject domestic labour en_US
dc.subject child en_US
dc.subject Torkor en_US
dc.subject Kpando Municipality en_US
dc.subject Volta Region en_US
dc.title Prevalence of child domestic labour in Torkor in the Kpando Municipality of the Volta Region en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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