Orphans rights in accessing the educational support in selected public secondary schools in Lusaka, Zambia.
Date
2021-02
Authors
Muleya, Gistered
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International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS)
Abstract
This study explored Orphans Rights in accessing the
educational support in selected public secondary schools in
Lusaka district. The study was guided by qualitative research
methodology and case study design under pinned by three
objectives namely: (i) describe the awareness of the rights on
Educational support by the orphans and teachers, (ii) explore
challenges faced by orphans’ in accessing education and (iii)
explore strategies that should be put in place in order to allow
them have access to education. .Emergent findings indicated that
very feel learners were knowledgeable about the support system
existing for them as orphans. Some teachers were aware of the
educational support to be given to orphans but they were not
sure if there was a policy in Zambia supporting such rights. The
study revealed that orphans faced a lot of challenges in accessing
education such as lack of sponsorship, Social stigma and
Corruption in sponsorship awards. Among the measure to
ensure that the orphans have access to education included,
increased financial support system, enhancing collaboration
among stakeholders, empowering orphans with diverse skills,
and motivation ventures for well performing orphans. Thus,
there is need for the relevant authority to coordinate
organizations that look into the plight of orphans to come on
board for support.
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Keywords
Orphans--Education--Zambia. , Orphans--Legal status. , Education support--Orphans--Zambia.