IMPACTS OF STREET HAWKING ON RETENTION OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KONTAGORA METROPOLIS OF NIGER STATE-NIGERIA
1 Department of Social Studies, Federal University of Education, Kontagora, Niger State
* Corresponding author: aishahabeeb4@gmail.com
* Corresponding author: aishahabeeb4@gmail.com
Abstract
This paper investigated street hawking and the attendant impacts on retention of public primary school pupils inKontagora metropolis. Two research objectives were formulated to determine the factors responsible for streethawking in Kontagora Metropolis and to ascertain the impacts of street hawking on the education of secondaryschool-age students in Kontagora Metropolis. This was followed by two research questions and a nullhypothesis generated to guide the study. Survey design was used to conduct this study, with 352sample ofschool-age street hawkers as well as teachers from five (5) Public Primary Schools in Kontagora, usingmultistage, proportionate and random sampling techniques. While 3% was calculated to get the sample of thepupils, 20% was calculated to get the sample of the teachers. Data was collected using a questionnaire titled‘Impacts of Street Hawking on Public Primary School Age Drop-out in Kontagora Metropolis (ISHPPSADKM)and analysed using mean score. The Findings show that there is a significant relationship between streethawking and the propensity to drop out of school in Kontagora metropolis. The paper concluded that, withouteffective interventions by government and stakeholders in the knowledge industry, the cycle of poverty andundereducation is likely to continue, adversely affecting subsequent generations. It is recommended amongothers that government and stakeholders in the knowledge industry provide employment opportunity as wellcounselling services to affected children to see how to integrating them into the school system; providingVocational and technical training to serve as motivator to children of primary school age and re-orientatingparents on the need to uphold the family value and the importance of child training in the society.
Keywords
Street Hawking
Public Primary School
School-Age Drop-Out
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How to Cite
ZUBAIRU, A. (2025). IMPACTS OF STREET HAWKING ON RETENTION OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KONTAGORA METROPOLIS OF NIGER STATE-NIGERIA. Journal of Educational Research and Development, 20(1), 129-133.
A. ZUBAIRU, "IMPACTS OF STREET HAWKING ON RETENTION OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN KONTAGORA METROPOLIS OF NIGER STATE-NIGERIA," Journal of Educational Research and Development, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 129-133, October 2025.
