53 Causes of Child Labour - University of Education, Winneba：53个原因童工的大学教育，温尼巴.docx

DECLARATIONSTUDENT’S DECLARATIONI, MERCY ESI HARRISON, declare that this thesis, with the exception of quotations and references contained in published works which have all been identified and acknowledged, is entirely my own original work, and it has not been submitted, either in part or whole, for another degree elsewhere. STUDENT’S NAME: STUDENT’S SIGNATURE: DATE: SUPERVISOR’S DECLARATIONI hereby declare that the preparation and presentation of the thesis was supervised in accordance with the guidelines on supervision of thesis laid down by the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba.SUPERVISOR’S NAME: SIGNATURE: …………………………………….DATE: ………………………… ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI want to express my sincere gratitude to God for the strength, grace and wisdom that has made this work possible. To my supervisor, Dr. Yaw Ofosu-Kusi, thank you is not enough to express how grateful I am for your time, suggestions and all other inputs you made to bring this thesis to what it is now. I also want to express my indebtedness to Prof. S. M. Quartey for all his immerse contributions towards the success of this work. I again want to thank very much all the lecturers in the department whose constructive criticisms made this work possible. God bless all of you abundantly. Finally, I want to acknowledge the support I received from my family especially my husband, Mr. Emmanuel Ampofo Sackey and our lovely daughter Jessica Ampofo Sackey, who had to sacrifice and endure my absence most of the time in the course of this work as well as my parents and siblings, my uncle and cousins for the love they continued to show me. Your support and prayers made this possible. To all friends and loved ones, I appreciate the concerns you showed. God bless you for all the sacrifices. DEDICATION This work is dedicated to all Child Labourers in the world. ABSTRACTChild labour practices were studied at the three fishing sites of Winneba namely; Woarabeba, Yeepimso and Akosua Village. The study ai