The result of this study affirmed that children who engage in child labour performed academically poorer than their counterparts who do not take part in the activities. The poor performance was attributed to the inability of the labourers to concentrate on their school work as opposed to the non-labourers. The child labourer combines labour with school work and often than not, labour before going to school in the morning and immediately after school is dismissed. They have little or no time to do their class assignments or homework.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

On the basis of the findings of this study and their implications, the following recommendations were made: It was time that Governments, Nongovernmental organizations such a the National Council for women societies (NCWS), African Network for the prevention and protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN), Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria (PPFN), World Organization for Early childhood Education (WOECE), Rotary/Inner wheel clubs, Lion/Lioness clubs, should also be concerned over the plight of the children hawkers. They should use their good offices to organize seminars, conferences, workshops to educate parents/guardians on the need to have a sizable family, the need for family planning and the ills of Children, Child labour particularly on the health and academic performance of the children involved in it be considered.

REFERENCES

Abudu, F. I., 1984 November 12th. Labour perversion

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