ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to examine the effects of domestic violence on school going children. The study attempted to expose causes, kinds and perpetrators of domestic violence against children, and how the violence negatively affects schoolin~ victims; The study used ~~th qualitative and quantitative paradigms in which data was collected through questionnaires, oral interviews and focus group discussion. The study sampled adolescent students and adults in selected schools and villages around Rwebisengo Sub County, in Ntoroko, a district in Western Uganda. The research depicted negative impacts of domestic violence against children on the victim's education. It unveiled that domestic violence against schooling children harms them emotionally, psychologically and physically. In the long run, this harm hinders the victims' learning process in many ways such as inflicting the victim to lose interest in education. The research adds knowledge to the awareness of the relationship between domestic violence against children and victims' education. 

Table of Contents

DECLARATION ....................................................................................................................................... i

APPROVAL ........................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ....................................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ......................................................................................................................... iv

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................ v

LIST OF ACYNOMNS ............................................................................................................................ ix

CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................................................................... 1

1.0 lntroduction ............................. ~ .................. '.......................................... ,,.,, ..................................... 1

1.1 Background of the study ................................................................................................................ 1

1.1.2. Historical perspectives of the study ............................................................................................ 1

1.2. The purpose of the study .............................................................................................................. 3

1.3. Objectives of the study ................................................................................................................. 3

1.3.1. Specific objective ....................................................................................................................... 3

1.4 Research questions ........................................................................................................................ 4

1.5. Scope of the study ........................................................................................................................ 4

1.5.1. Subject Scope ............................................................................................................................ 4

1.6. Time Scope ................................................................................................................................... 4

1.7. Geographical scope ....................................................................................................................... 4

Source: Adopted from simatupang & Stridharan (2010) ............ ::· ................. : ..................... 5

Explanation from the conceptual frame work ........................................................................ 5

1.8. Definition of key concepts ............................................................................................................. 6

CHAPTER TWO ..................................................................................................................................... 7

LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................................................................ 7

2.0. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 7

2.1. Prevalence of domestic violence in London ................................................................................... 8

2.1.1. Prevalence of domestic violence in Africa .................................................................................. 9

2.2. Causes of domestic violence against children .............................................................................. 10

2. 3. Effects of domestic violence on schooling children ..................................................... 10

2.4. Suggested prevention measures of domestic violence ............................................... 12

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CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................................ 14

Methodology ..................................................................................................................................... 14

3.0 lntroduction ................................................................................................................................. 14

3.1 Research design ........................................................................................................................... 14

3.2. Area of the study ........................................................................................................................ 14

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3.2.1. Study population .................................................................................................. , ................... 14

3.3. Sample size .................................... ;··········· ................................................................................. 14

3.4. Sampling Procedure .................................................................................................................... 15

3.5. Data Collection instrument ......................................................................................................... 16

3.5.1. Qualitative Data Collection instrument ..................................................................................... 16

3.5.2. Quantitative Data Collection instrument .................................................................................. 16

3.6. Data Collection Procedures ......................................................................................................... 16

3.6.1. Interview ................................................................................................................................. 16

3.6.2. Focus Group Discussion Process ............................................................................................... 17

3.7. Data Analysis .............................................................................................................................. 17

3.7.1 Qualitative data ........................................................................................................................ 18 . . 3.7.2 Quantitative Data ..................................................................................................................... 18

3.8. limitation of the study ................... , ............................................................................................ 18

CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................................................................. 20

PRESENTATION, INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA ............................................................... 20

4.0. Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 20

4.1. Study population ........................................................................................................................ 20

4.1.1. Socio-demographic Characteristics ........................................................................................... 20

4.3. Response to research objective ................................................................................................... 27

4.4. Response to research objective ................................................................................................... 28

CHAPTER FIVE .................................................................................................................................... 30

SUMMARY FINDINGS, CONCLUSIOI'JS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ............... ,, ...................................... 30

5.0. Introduction ............................................................................................................ : ................... 30

5.1. Summary of findings ...................... ! ............................................................................................ 30

5.2. Conclusion .................................................................................................................................. 31

5.3. Recommendations ...................................................................................................................... 32

REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................... 34