Lived Experiences of Elementary Students Engaged in Child Labor Activities
Keywords:
Lived Experiences, ChildLabor, Elementary StudentsAbstract
This study intended to document the lived experiences of the elementary students in Malino Elementary School who are engaged in child labor activities. This study employed a mixed method design: quantitative and qualitative methods. Majority of the participants were in Grade 6 with 11 or 39.29 percent and Grade 3 had the lowest number of participants which was 2 or 7.14 percent. The average mean for the academic performance of the participants was 83.9 interpreted as Satisfactory with only 1.1 pont away to get a Very Satisfactory rating. All of the 28 participants were engaged in the same nature of work, which was being a “kargador” in their barangay. Students’ work as kargador was further classified as Personal and Social Labor activity. Students believed that it is one of their duties to help augment income for their basic needs including financing their education. Child labor activity in the community continue to exist because of the following: (1) it is considered to be a positive trait of their parts; (2) there is a demand for service by the entrepreneurs in the community; (3) students enjoy the financial and non-financial benefit of child labor; and (40 students are encouraged to join through peer influence. For the recommendation, educate parents about the rights of the children which include provisions against child labor.
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