Harassment Free Schools: Sexual Harassment and Academic Performance of Primary School Pupils in Kenya

国際協力研究誌 Volume 27 Issue 1-2 Page 87-97 published_at 2021-03-01
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Title ( eng )
Harassment Free Schools: Sexual Harassment and Academic Performance of Primary School Pupils in Kenya
Creator
USUI Sayaka
BLEVINS Benjamin K.
Source Title
国際協力研究誌
Journal of International Development and Cooperation
Volume 27
Issue 1-2
Start Page 87
End Page 97
Abstract
Improvement of learning outcomes in primary schools is one of the remaining challenges in the Kenyan education sector. Exam scores are commonly used globally to measure outcomes of learning activities of pupils in schools. This study underscores the importance of safe and protective learning environments to encourage pupil academic performance and examines whether or not experiencing sexual harassment in schools has a negative impact on pupil academic achievement. We employ CEM with the SACMEQ III dataset for 4,436 pupils in Kenya. Our result shows that pupils in schools where sexual harassment is reported, either from their peers or from their teachers, marked statistically significant lower exam scores than peers without experiences of sexual harassment, after controlling for covariates. As a conclusion, this paper suggests further analysis on the correlations between the experience of sexual harassment and pupil test scores with panel data from other SACMEQ participating countries. Stronger evidence generation on this theme would ultimately support better learning environments for pupils in primary schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Keywords
Sexual harassment
academic performance
learning outcomes
Kenya
primary schools
Language
eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publisher
広島大学大学院国際協力研究科
Date of Issued 2021-03-01
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Copyright © 2021 Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University. 本紀要の一部・全部を問わず、著作権者(広島大学大学院国際協力研究科)の文章による許諾なしに複写・翻訳することを禁じます。
Publish Type Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Source Identifier
[ISSN] 1341-0903
[NCID] AN10482914