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| Parent Awareness of Child's Rights Policy Documents in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State
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SAADU, Usman Tunde
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Abstract:
Children in different parts of Nigeria are experiencing various kinds of violence and abuse more or less daily. Therefore, the researcher investigated parent awareness of child's rights policy documents. A descriptive survey research design was adopted. The accidental sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents. Parents Awareness on Child Rights (PACR) was used to collect the data. The lecturers validated the instrument. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to establish the reliability coefficient.77.Descriptive statistics of frequency counts, percentage scores and mean and inferential statistics of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test all hypotheses raised at the 0.05 level. It was found, among others, that parents were unaware of the child rights policy in Moro Local Government Area(Mean=2.41). It was concluded that educational background and experience equipped parents with knowledge regarding children's rights. It was recommended, among others, that awareness should be spread through street campaigns
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