Evaluation of Human Rights Violations in Student Personnel Administration in Secondary Schools in Cross River State

Abstract

In recognition of the need to observe and promote the rights and welfare of the Nigerian child, this study sought to find out the extent to which students’ rights, especially the right to a safe and healthy environment are violated in personnel administration in secondary schools. The ex-post facto design was adopted. One thousand (1000) SS3 students were randomly sampled from a population of 7378 SS 3 students in 232 public secondary schools in Cross River State. A five point Likert scale instrument, Students Legal Rights Protection Questionnaire (SLRPQ) was used for data collection and analyzed using the population (one sample t-test), at .05 level of significance. The finding was that there is significant violation of secondary school students’ rights (right to dignity of human person, fair hearing, freedom of thought/religion, freedom of expression/press, peaceful assembly/association and freedom from discrimination). It therefore recommended the establishment of human rights culture and intervention programmes for the re-induction of both teachers and students to enhance the protection and promotion of individual and corporate human rights in the school system.

Keywords: Human rights, violations, student, personnel administration

LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research, 8(1), 48-56, 2011