Effect Of Child Labour On Access And Retention Of Primary School Pupils In Mbita District, Homabay County, Kenya

ABSTRACT The central problem of this study was that in spite of the aggressive campaigns against Child Labour by the International Community, through international conventions such as the ILO minimum age convention No. 138, ILO recommendations 146, ILO convention 182, UN convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the Kenya Government efforts to combat Child Labour by enacting Laws such as the Children’s Act 2001 among others, Child Labour still remains a threat not only to access and retention of Children but even their physical and psychological well-being. The effect of child labor o…