DOI: https://doi.org/10.52131/pjhss.2023.1102.0385 724 eISSN: 2415-007X Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Volume 11, Number 02, 2023, Pages 724–735 Journal Homepage: https://journals.internationalrasd.org/index.php/pjhss Exploring the Socio-Economic Factors that Affects the Classroom Performance of Students of Child Protection & Welfare Bureau in Gujranwala Sahrish Nayab 1 , Khawaja Hisham Ul Hassan 2 , Farhana Akmal 3 1 Ph.D. Scholar, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: sahrishnayab@gmail.com 2 Assistant Professor, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan. Email: director@superior.edu.pk 3 Lecturer, Superior University Lahore, Pakistan. Email: farhana.akmal@superior.edu.pk ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: Received: February 28, 2023 Revised: April 10, 2023 Accepted: April 11, 2023 Available Online: April 12, 2023 Socioeconomic factors affect us. Socioeconomics emphasizes economics and society. Socioeconomics considers economic and social forces. These factors affect how different social classes work together. Classroom performance includes program objectives, achievements, and goals. The CP&WB protects abandoned and destitute children from neglect, abuse, manipulation, and violence. This qualitative study examined how socio-economic factors affect Gujranwala child protection & welfare bureau students' classroom performance. The study used semi-structured interviews. Purposive sampling was used to interview male and female Gujranwala teachers. The methodology helped analyze socioeconomic data and understand how it affected student performance in class. The interviews yielded 19 themes, of which the researchers selected those relevant to the project: qualification, experience, values, street children, child labour, status, classroom performance, facilities, and improvement. The study found that socioeconomic statuses, such as shelter, food, income, education, and health facilities, have a significant impact on classroom performance. The government and policymakers could develop a mechanism to support and increase services to control issues by analyzing how socioeconomic factors affect classroom performance. Keywords: Socio-economic Factors Classroom Child Child Protection Performance Funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. © 2023 The Authors, Published by iRASD. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non- Commercial License Corresponding Author’s Email: sahrishnayab@gmail.com 1. Introduction The Child Protection and Welfare Bureau (CP&WB) is a Government Department, the main duties of this department is to protect the mistreated and needy children/street children from violence, misuse, exploitation, and carelessness. This department runs by the Government whose mission is to safeguarding minors and children it also strengthen family constancy. The General Assembly of United Nations passed a resolution in 1989. According to Article 49 of this resolution the main purpose of this resolution is to protect the children from violence (Cohen, 1989). After passing above said resolution, several countries passed child protection legislations. Pakistan was also working on the children protection in country before this resolution. In 1979 Pakistan, developed a department which name is “National Commission for Child Welfare & Development (NCCWD)”. Several governing bodies run this Commission. At that time Department of Human Rights had the hold of its charge. In 2006, Government takes a measure on child protection and decides that to build a department for safeguard of child ill-treat and restoration of children who have been maltreated. In 2004, the Government of the Punjab passed the "Punjab Destitute and Neglected Children Act, 2004" which forbids the ruin and mistreatment of children in Punjab. This department operates by the government bodies before the department of Human Rights. In 2006, a legal framework was made for the safeguard &