TABLE OF CONTENT
DECLARATION ............................................................................................... i
APPROVAL .................................................................................................... ii
DEDICATION ................................................................................................ .iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................. iv
CHAPTER ONE .............................................................................................. 1
1.1 Synopsis of the study ............................................................................... 1
1.2 Background of Pader District ................................................................... 1
1.3 Background of the study .......................................................................... 2
1.4 Statement of the problem ......................................................................... 3
1.5 Hypothesis of the study ............................................................................ 3
1.6 Research question ................................................................................... 3
1. 7 objectives of the study .............................................................................. 4
1. 7 .1 General objectives of the study .............................................................. 4
1.7.2 Specific objectives ................................................................................. 4
1.8 Scope of the study ................................................................................... 4
1.9 Significant of the study ............................................................................ 4
1.10 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ................................................................ 4
1.11 Research design ..................................................................................... 4
1.12 Sample procedure .................................................................................. 5
1.13 Questionnaires ...................................................................................... 5
1.14 Library research .................................................................................... 5
1.15 Data analysis ........................................................................................ 5
1.16 LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................... 6
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CHAPTER TWO ............................................................................................. 7
2.1 INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FRAME WORK ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION .. 7
2.2 REGIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION ............ 9
2.3 DOMESTIC INSTRUMENTS ON THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION .................. 11
2.3.l The 1995 Uganda constitution ............................................................. 11
2.3.2 Legislation .......................................................................................... 11
CHAPTER THREE ........................................................................................ 13
VIOLATION OF CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO EDUCATION .................................. 13
3.1 Introductions ......................................................................................... 13
3.2 HOW CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO EDUCATION IS BEING VIOLATED AND WHO
VIOLATES ................................................................................................... 14
3.3 IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................ 16
3.4 CRITIQUE ............................................................................................. 18
CHAPTER FOUR .......................................................................................... 21
4.1 FACTORS HINDERING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILDREN'S
RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN PADER DISTRICT IN NORTHERN UGANDA .......... 21
4.1.1 Infrastructure; .................................................................................... 21
4.1.2 Inadequate scholastic materials, .......................................................... 21
4.1.3 Poverty ............................................................................................... 21
4.1.4 Lack of parental guidance especially concerning the goals of these
children ...................................................................................................... 22
4.1.5 Lack of parental involvement in the affairs and policies malting of the
schools ........................................................................................................ 22
4.1.6 Political differences, ............................................................................ 22
4.1.7 Land Wrangle, .................................................................................... 23
4.1.8 Alcoholism, ......................................................................................... 23
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4.1.9 Ignorance ........................................................................................... 24
CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................... 25
5.0 RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS ............................................ 25
5.1 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................ 25
5.2 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 27
APPENDIX: RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
CHILDREN'S RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN PADER DISTRICT NORTHERN
UGANDA ..................................................................................................... 2~
REFERENCES ............................................................................................. 29
STATUTES USED ........................................................................................ 29
