Exploring the School-Based Support for Youths Who Head Households in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Autor:	Kodi Sannie Maila, Layane Thomas Mabasa
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Heading (navigation) Sociology and Political Science Head (linguistics) General Social Sciences School based Sociology Peer support Socioeconomics Social Sciences (miscellaneous) School dropout
Zdroj:	Youth & Society. 55:399-419
ISSN:	1552-8499 0044-118X
DOI:	10.1177/0044118x211056670
Popis:	The article focuses on the school-based support that youths who are heading households get from public schools in South Africa. It is based on the study that was conducted focusing on the extent to which schools support youths who head households. The study adopted the qualitative research methodological approach where three methods were used to construct data. The three methods used are observation, semi structured interviews and documents. Eight children from four public schools were selected as participants in the study. Data constructed was analyzed by using the Thematic Content Analysis approach. The findings reveal that youths who head households are faced with challenges that include among others, economic constraints, lack of resources, and humiliation. Furthermore, they do not get the necessary support from schools. The article argues that lack of support by schools adds to the challenges that children are confronted with in their daily struggle for survival.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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