[01] Anthony Bordoh, Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Enchi College of Education, Enchi, Ghana. [02] Isaac Eshun, Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Enchi College of Education, Enchi, Ghana. [03] Shani Osman, Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Tumu College of Education, Tumu, Ghana. [04] Patrick Kwarteng, Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Wiawso College of education, Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana. [05] Sophia Andoh, Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Holy Child College of Education, Takoradi, Ghana. [06] Theophilus Kweku Bassaw, Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Komenda College of Education, Komenda, Ghana. [07] Joseph Kweku Prah, Social Sciences Department, Kwegyir Aggrey Senior High School, Anomabo, Ghana.

Senior high schools students have faced a lot of sexual abuse due to unnoticed factors. This study examined the factors that has promoted sexual abused of students in public senior high schools in Ghana. The research was conducted in four (4) different public senior high schools in the Mfantsiman Municipality as one case study. Simple size of 403 students and 20 teachers as participants were employed for the study, simple random sampling and purposive sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. A structured questionnaire was used to solicit data from the respondents. The data were presented in the form of percentages and frequency tables to facilitate clearer and easier interpretation of results for the presentation of findings. The factors that have promoted the sexual abuse of students includes: age, gender, care arrangement / parental absence, parental substance abuse, parental level of education, school and schooling environment, socio-demographic risk and poor parent-child relationship. It is recommended that Programmes aimed at alleviating household poverty in the districts should be extended to cover many more households. Furthermore, the Ghana Education Service should be strengthening Institutions at District Level, in other words, Parents, community opinion leaders and institutions such as Police, District Assembly, Health workers, Teachers etc. identified as first point of contact when a student is sexually abused should be trained on how to identify and handle such forms of abuse cases.

Factors, Promotes, Sexual, Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Students, Senior High Schools (SHS’s), Central Region, Ghana

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