Child safety on the internet: a case study of Kawangware primary and secondary schools
Abstract
With an upsurge in cyber crimes globally, children are becoming a target on the cyberspace as
Kenya grapples with a feeble Children's Act that does not provide sufficient protection to the
victims as well as stringent penalties to the offenders, little emphasis is given towards
management of challenges facing child safety on the internet. The main purpose of the study
was to establish security challenges facing children on the internet with specific reference to
Kawangware Primary and secondary School. The study specifically narrowed the research
undertakings into level of internet access amongst children, dangers children are exposed to
by the internet, options available for managing child safety on the internet and internet use
guidelines for managing child safety on the internet.
The study adopted a descriptive case study research design and the target population
comprised of a total of 1280 respondents from Kawangware Primary and Secondary Schools.
These involved; 80 teachers, 300 parents, 500 pupils and 400 secondary school students. The
study used a stratified random sampling technique to select a sample size of 140 respondents
and questionnaires were used as the major data collection instruments. Descriptive statistics
was used to analyze the gathered data using a statistical package for social scientists SPSS
and this assisted in calculation of response frequency, mean, STD deviation and variance
results.
The study adopted a descriptive case study research design and the target population
comprised of a total of 1280 respondents from Kawangware Primary and Secondary Schools.
These involved; 80 teachers, 300 parents, 500 pupils and 400 secondary school students. The
study used a stratified random sampling technique to select a sample size of 140 respondents
and questionnaires were used as the major data collection instruments. Descriptive statistics
was used to analyze the gathered data using a statistical package for social scientists SPSS
and this assisted in calculation of response frequency, mean, STD deviation and variance
results.
Publisher
School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi
Description
MSc