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ERIC Number: EJ1438928
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 31
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1745-4999
EISSN: EISSN-1745-4999
Accelerating Progress towards Eradicating Child Labour (SDG8.7) with Quality Education (SDG4): School Quality Is Linked to Reduced Child Cocoa Labour in Côte d'Ivoire
Brooke Wortsman; Jasodhara Bhattacharya; Joshua Lim; Fabrice Tanoh; Shamina Shaheen; Amy Ogan; Kaja Jasinska
Research in Comparative and International Education, v19 n3 p321-351 2024
Child labour disrupts education, but there is scant research on the reciprocal relationship: education disrupting child labour. We examined the link between school quality and child cocoa agricultural work in a sample of 2168 fifth-grade children from forty-one primary schools in rural Côte d'Ivoire. Children attending a higher quality school were less likely to work on a cocoa plantation. Specifically, quality infrastructure and teaching materials were associated with reduced cocoa agricultural activities, but not with domestic and economic activities. Against the backdrop of a global focus on improving education quality, we suggest that investments in quality education may serve the dual purpose of reducing child labour alongside improving children's learning outcomes.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Cote d'Ivoire
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