THE TRIPLE BURDEN OF CHILD LABOURERS: IMPACTS ON EDUCATION

Studies on child protection describe workloads on children involved in child labour as a major issue and serious impediment on their educational achievement and other aspects of their development. This present research aims to exantine the educational impacts of triple burden of work on children ‘s education understanding of the impacts of triple burden of work experienced by 15 working children of same ages 7-14 living in metropolitan cities, of Egor and Oredo in Edo State, Nigeria. The study is qualitative using the narrative approach to gain an in-depth understanding of the various experiences of children on the basis of poor school attendance, participation at school and non-conpletion of assignments. Although the socio-economic contexts of parents influence the engagement of children in income earning, interestingly, working children do not always benefit from such work circumstances. Using the thematic data analysis, it was observed that the engagement of children in income earning, housework and schooling negatively influence their academic outcomes as a result of time and work pressure. This thus, requires greater attention for further studies and intervention measures.