An exploration of school-community collaboration in curbing child marriages among girls in three selected primary schools of Chama district of Zambia.
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An exploration of school-community collaboration in curbing child marriages among girls in three selected primary schools of Chama district of Zambia.
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Daka, Harrison
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Date
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2022-09-29T09:08:57Z
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2022-09-29T09:08:57Z
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2022
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This study sought to explore school-community collaboration in curbing child marriages
among girls in three primary schools in Chama District of Muchinga Province of Zambia.
A descriptive research design was used in this study. The study sample size included
three head teachers, three chiefs, three Guidance and Counselling teachers, three
religious leaders, three girls who were victims of child marriage, three parents to the
victims of child marriage and seventeen grade seven girls making the total of thirty-five
participants. Purposive sampling and snowball sampling techniques were used to sample
the participants. Data was generated using interviews, focus group discussions and
document analysis then it was analyzed qualitatively using thematic analysis techniques
based on emerging themes from the study. The study revealed that schools do not
collaborate well with some members of the community in the fight against child marriage.
The study further revealed that most of the challenges experienced by schools and
communities in curbing child marriages were because of cultural practices, threats, family
ties and misunderstanding of human rights. The study recommended need for the
government to address these challenges so that collaboration is enhanced between
schools and communities. The study further recommended that similar studies be
conducted on a large scale for the purpose of establishing what prevails in other Districts.
Keywords: collaboration, child marriage, curbing, communities, cultural practices
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Print ISSN: 2517-9306; Online ISSN: 2664-0899
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