Challenges in the Implementation of CRC in High Schools: A Study of Selected Public High Schools at District Sargodha, Punjab

Abstract

This study aims to know about the challenges in the implementation of Convention on the Rights of Child in High Schools of Sargodha. The researcher tried to find the challenges and hurdles that cause difficulties in the implementation of child rights at High School level. The researcher also tried to find out the current situation of the implementation of child rights in High Schools of district Sargodha. Methodologically, the researcher used multi-stage sampling in which, first of all the researcher used a convenient sampling technique to select the 3 tehsils from district Sargodha. For choosing convenient sampling at the first stage because it is easy for the researcher to travel in those areas and the availability of transport is also easy in these areas. Then the researcher used simple random sampling to choose the respondents from the government High Schools of these 3 tehsils. For the current study sample size is taken from the Yamani formula: the sample size for the current study is 382. Primary data was collected from the respondents in who are 282 students, 50 teachers, and 50 administration staff of government High Schools. In the study, the majority of respondents were males. The researcher has compared the results from the responses to the questions. It was concluded that almost majority of the students show negative responses about the poor implementation of their rights at the High School level. They do not receive their basic rights from the school administration. On the other hand, the teachers and school administration give mostly opposite responses to the question as compared to the responses of students.

Keywords: Challenges, Implementation CRC, High Schools