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Summary: This research has been carried out amongst children adn young people, heads of school, parish priests, some NGO representatives, sport associations and cultural centres. The aim was of establishing what recreational and cultural activities children and young people engage in during school hours as well as i n their free time, during the week and on the weekends.
Within the local context, there is much anecdotal evidence about the emphasis given to academic success and undue pressure brought about by an exam-oriented education system. Consequently, children and young people's participation in recreational adn culturally-enriching activities is limited. On the other hand, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child explicitly states that children have a right to play and relax by doing things like sport, music and drama. This publication presents the results of a study conducted among primary and secondary school children in an attempt to establish what recreational and cultural activities they engage in during school hours as well as in their free time, during the week and on the weekends. The study also sought to find out which activities are popular with children, what/how they choose to spend their free time and indeed if children and young people do have free time which they can spend in recreational and cultural activities.