EFFECT OF STREET HAWKING ON CHILD’S EDUCATION
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EFFECT OF STREET HAWKING ON CHILD’S EDUCATION
ABSTRACT
This study sought to evaluate the causes and effects of street hawking and dropout on school-aged children. The research instrument consists of a sample questionnaire and an oral interview. The sample was made up of 8 males and 80 females of school age from Edo State, chosen at random. The data analysis revealed the following.
Another element to consider is the children’s interests. Another major issue influencing the child street hawking business is the parents’ financial well-being. These studies suggest that hawking influences dropout, criminality, underachievement, and bad health.
Based on the findings, it was suggested that parents be routinely taught on the benefits of education via mass media. Secondary education should be made obligatory in Nigeria. Children should be taught the importance of education from an early age. The school should pay more attention to parent-teacher meetings.
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background of Study
Nigeria, as a developing country, requires individuals to contribute to the country’s political, social, and economic development. This is vital since Nigeria no longer requires money-bag citizens, but rather men and women, as well as adequate money for the people’s comfort. To achieve this, all Nigerians must attend school or receive formal education.
It is not important that all Nigerians, particularly those in Benin City, receive full formal education rather than partial education, which leads to school dropout and human waste or attrition, according to the national education policy, which recognises that greater achievement is obtained and most effectively implemented through formal education, and has thus made primary education in government schools free for its citizens.
Looking at the economic challenges in Nigeria today, many familiars, particularly those in the poor socioeconomic strata, involved their children and weeds in various activities such as hawking.
According to the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, 6th edition, hawking is the act of moving from one location to another in order to sell something. However, Olalere (2007) identified two sorts of hawkers: those who transport their goods on wheels and those who sit with their wares by the road.
According to Olalere, the capital outlay for different sorts of trade is dictated by the nature of the items traded, and the hawker builds carts to meet his or her needs.
The hawker also uses various media to advertise their commodities, such as “Buy your sweet orange.” The hawker may also decide to shorten the names of their goods in a unique and appealing manner to the public.
Many of the hawkers sell a variety of things that one would not normally purchase unless on an impulse if we came across them along the road. For the hawker’s side, they sit by their items and attend to individuals that approach them.
The capital necessary is decided by the nature of the commodities; for example, five hundred naira (OO) appears to be plenty for a side hawker peddling in oranges, whereas a provision seller selling beverages would require a larger outlay. The hawker business is expanding rapidly in many Nigerian cities and towns.
Hawking is also practiced in rural places, but it is usually done alone in the evenings when people return from the farm, local markets, or school. The situation in cities varies constantly. Every day from morning to evening, hawking takes place in urban areas.
This condition has undoubtedly impacted the child’s education, particularly another essential portion of the child’s growth stage. Ajayi, an orphan and a second-year student in the department of banking and finance at the University of Benin who sells newspapers on the street every day, says, “We do this (hawking) every day in order to survive in school and to help our younger siblings at home who are not even in school.”
These events are making my life unpleasant, as I have repeatedly dropped out of school. Similarly, a child who shares his or her school time with street hawking is always late, and he or she is bound to develop immaturities in schoolwork, such as poor studying habits, a lack of skills, low self-esteem, and poor performance in class, resulting in failure or dropping out entirely.
It has been reported that some parents in towns and cities have pulled their children out of school to send them hawking to earn extra money for the family’s upkeep.
In other circumstances, children are always dropped out of school for a term or even a year, and when they return (if they return at all), they are too big for their cohort and are subjected to name calling by younger peers.
This type of setting can have a variety of detrimental psychological impacts on children, causing them to become underachievers or acquire school phobia. These children fail or drop out at the end of the day.
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