Girl Child Abuse in Primary Schools: A Case Study of Lelmen Location, Baringo County, Kenya
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This study examined home environment and girl childs‟ abuse in Primary schools of Baringo County, Lelmen location in Kenya. The study was prompted by the high rate of girl child dropout, especially due to early pregnancies and early marriages. This study was based on specific objective of examining: the economic factor that influence the girl child abuse and the social- political factors that promote girl child abuse in Lelmen location. The study was designed in a comparative paradigm using a descriptive and correlation Research design. Using a cross sectional survey design, data was collected from 119 pupils using a closed ended questionnaire 111 parents, 4 Head teachers, 2 District officers and 42 teachers were intervied. The of research revealed that poverty, forced labour, lack of skilled labour and poor background results into economic problems that cause girl child abuse in primary schools in Lelmen Location The study findings also indicated that political instability, cultural norms, genital mutilation, gender inequality, weak laws and inferiority complex are the socio-political causes of girl child abuse in primary schools in Baringo-county Lelmen location.
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