Sensitivity Level of Educational Administrators towards Child Rights
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https://doi.org/10.26710/reads.v5i1.475Keywords:
CEOs and DOs, Head teachers, Provision, Protection, Participation, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Secondary School Punjab, PakistanAbstract
The Sensitivity level of administrators towards human rights specifically child rights in secondary schools needs to be explored. This sensitivity level towards child rights in terms of provision, protection and participation under United Nation Child Rights Convention (UNCRC) was assessed through knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) model. The cognizance of this need necessitates to layout ways of improvement for child rights. This study therefore, articulated and empirically validated the problems through educational administrators working in secondary schools of Punjab, Pakistan. This cross sectional study used quantitative method design for data collection from 233 educational administrators (CEO, DOs and Head teachers) selected through simple random sampling method from each division with a response rate of 100%. The analysis of data showed that administrators have high sensitivity level about knowledge, attitude and practice of child right provision, protection and participation. This study is useful for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.
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