A Study on Awareness of Parents and Teachers towards Girl Child Rights

Abstract

Background:Children are the citizens of a nation by birth. Children bring the earth life, joy, and chastity. Children deserve to be safe and have opportunities to grow. During early nonage, personality conformation happens quickly. Children have less vitality than adults; they are reliant on adults, and they are unable to participate in politics or the legal system because they are young. Thus, throughout the early years of a child's life, friendly services and good nurturing are critical, and they require additional care, assistance, redundant protection, and appropriate direction. After parents, it is the school teacher who has the most influence on a child rights. At this juncture the present paper reveals the Girl Child Rights mindfulness of the two most intimate groups of people who deal with a child i.e. parents and preceptors

Objectives: To find out the awareness of Girl Child Rights among the parents and teachers. To find out the significant difference, if any, in the awareness of parents with regard to different Girl Child Rights due to variation in their gender.To find out the significant difference, if any, in the awareness of teachers with regard to different Girl Child Rights due to variation in their gender.

Methods:In the study, the investigator adopted the normative survey method and used the Split-half method to estimate the reliability of the scales used. The study used statistical procedures Mean, Standard Deviation, Percentages, and the t-test.

Results:it can be assumed that there is no significant variance in the awareness of parents and teachers with regard to Right to Survival, Right to Development, Right to Protection and Rights together.The mothers are better aware of the needs and requirements for the survival and development of the girl child than the fathers among the parents.Both male and female teachers of girl child showed equal awareness towards Right to Development and Right to Protection.

Conclusions: To conclude, though the awareness of the parents and teachers seems to be positively correlated at the surface level, there are number of issues involved at the deeper level that need to be addressed in letting the girl child enjoy her rights. Bestowing rights on the people who do not know anything about them is not to way make the girl child enjoy her rights. There should be proper mechanisms which reinforce again and again the awareness of girl child rights among parents and teachers which may have long term positive effect on their attitudes. The study concludes with the belief that it has made a positive contribution towards enhancing the growing concern for the life of a girl child.