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Abstract This study is on an appraisal of child abuse and rights of the Nigerian child to education. Simply put, a child is any person who is not yet an adult and has not attained the age of fourteen years. The child is the group of person referred to as vulnerable because, he cannot fight for himself legally or otherwise. He is therefore abused, maltreated, or misused by a stronger ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been the general assumption that children with reasonable physical care would grow into normal happy adulthood. But scientific investigations of psychologists, sociologist and psychiatrists regarding personality development has uncovered the greater importance of the growing up and its lasting effects on the total personality of a person. Adult personality has its root in childhood. What we can do as adult is ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The concepts of child abuse and child neglect are forms of maltreatment on the child that impedes child survival, development and participation. Children are seen as assets to parents and government because they are human resources that any society can boast of, therefore, parents and government invest in them in order to obtain better tomorrow. This can be achieved however, if their early ...

ABSTRACT           Child abuse occupies a commanding position for both academic and sheer selection yet they have been best with nagging problems particularly that of neglect. This 2009 study sought to identify the causes of child abuse and neglect among children from different home with special reference to selected secondary schools in Egor local government area of Edo State. Findings indicate that sheer desperation to be able to obtain and ...