How Child Abuse Impact Children Performance in Schools

How Child Abuse Impact Children Performance in Schools

Introduction and Background

Child abuse is a crime or act of harming a child sexually, emotionally, and physically. It can also be treating the child badly especially forcing him into child labor. It is a pervasive social issue characterized by devastating consequences on the child for their entire lives. Although several stringent measures have been adopted by human rights organization and law enforcement agencies, studies indicate that case of child abuse has increased over recent time. Child abuse takes a lot of forms, like commission and omission. The commission is an act that is related to sexual abuse and physical abuse, while omission involves both physical and emotional neglect. When these two acts happen extremely, they can easily lead to devastating long-term effects on child development, thus influencing their behavioral, cognitive, physical, and psychological development.

Unfortunately, it is a high chance that child neglection and abuse have a high chance of lowing child academic achievement. Also, several studies indicate that children who are suffering from neglect exhibit low academic and those who are abused physically. Many tend to drop out of school even before completion because poor academics cause them to stay longer in school. The cognitive ability and memory to master concepts in class are lower than their friends. Many do not know to understand that child abuse is a serious problem affecting children today. The number of abuses has increased to a level in every ten children there is one who is facing child abuse or has experienced child abuse. Studies have also indicated that sexually abused children aged between 7 to 12 years face academic difficulties, and many repeat a grade severally as their cognitive ability is low. The study will provide both schools administrators and parents with an insight into how child abuse has impacted children negatively academically.