Child Labour As A Correlate Of Access To Education, Retention In School In Mukono District, Uganda

ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the relationships among child labour, access to education, retention in school and academic achievement among secondary school students in Mukono District of Uganda. Based on the reviewed literature, five research questions were raised to guide the study while four hypotheses were tested. The study used a correlation research design. A sample of 600 secondary school students was composed through multistage sampling that involved both stratified random sampling and simple random sampling. Data collection was done using a validated, pre-tested and relia…