Issues in girl-child education in Nigeria: implications for library and information support

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
GI Ifijeh ◽  
O Osayande
Keyword(s):  
Information Support ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Child Education ◽  
Girl Child Education

scholarly journals Education and the achievement of national development through girl child empowerment in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96
Author(s):  
Peter Ogbaji Onah ◽  
Martha Edu Akanimoh ◽  
Linda Esse Ndome
Keyword(s):  
Belief Systems ◽  
National Development ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Educational Efficiency ◽  
Child Education ◽  
Objective Reasoning ◽  
Skills Learning ◽  
Girl Child Education

Education plays a very pertinent role in promoting development, as it is concerned with imparting knowledge, skills, attitudes, belief systems and values. This paper focuses on the utilization of the girl child education as an effective tool to foster national development. It conceptualized education, girl child education, empowerment and National Development. The theory of functionalism was adopted to offer credence to the paper. This paper vividly explicates how various negative attitudes and negligence towards the girl child education in African continent in general and Nigeria to be specific has exacerbated poverty, illiteracy and untold hardship on the citizenry. It further unraveled the strategies for using girl child education as an instrument for national development thereby eradicating poverty in Nigeria. Based on the issues raised in the paper, as education remains a formidable weapon of socio- economic development of any nation, the paper recommends the need for change in the Nigerian policy towards education, especially the girl child education by improving public budget in education, improve education for self-reliance, to enhance educational efficiency by improving on skills learning via entrepreneurship education and building of critical and objective reasoning, and girl child empowerment.

scholarly journals CHALLENGES OF GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN A PERIOD OF RECESSIVE ECONOMY IN NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Maimuna Rabo Umar
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Economic Recession ◽  
Capacity Development ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Drop Out ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Child Education ◽  
Girl Child Education

Education has been identified as a developmental tool of which no nation could develop without. Sustainable development could only be achieved with the contributions of both sexes, as women play a significant role in the development of any society. The paper traces the geneses of girl child education in an economic recession, so also the relevance of girl child education in economic development such as manpower, skills capacity development. The challenges facing girl child education which include illiteracy, extreme poverty and socio-cultural factors. The paper suggested, among others, that government should not only make girl child education free but also compulsory at all levels to prevent drop out as a result of lack of funding.

scholarly journals Influence of Culture on Girl Child Education in Central Pokot Sub County, Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Nelly C Andiema
Keyword(s):  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Child Education ◽  
West Pokot ◽  
Female Genital ◽  
Girl Child Education

Cultural practices such as Female Genital Mutilation, early child marriages and patriarchy have been on the rise in West Pokot despite interventions by government and non-state actors over the years. These outdated cultural practices have hindered the progress of girls academically. It is vital to educate the girl-child in society. However, teenage pregnancy gets girls at the wrong time when they are still in schools and this affects their education very much and eventually ends up ruining their future. This paper looks at how various cultural practices have affected girl child education in West Pokot County, Kenya. The study was conducted in Central Pokot Sub County primary schools targeting 12 headteachers and 120 teachers. The respondents were selected through purposive and simple random sampling. Data was collected using questionnaires and interview schedules. Data collected were analysed using percentages and frequencies. The results of the study showed that the status of girl-child education was low. Cultural factors like; early marriages, female genital mutilation, child labour, widowhood practices and taboos influenced girl-child education. The study found out those cultural factors in the study area affected girl-child education negatively as it slowed down their transition, academic performance and also the acquisition of knowledge required at the basic education level. The study recommends that the government should take legal action against parents who take their girl-children for FGM and early marriages; there is a need for awareness on the importance of girl child education, provision of scholarships for girls at basic and tertiary level and introduction of guidance and counselling sessions in schools.

scholarly journals Girl Child Education in Post War Sierra Leone

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chukwuma Osakwe ◽  
Kelechi Johnmary Ani
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Girl Child ◽  
Child Education ◽  
Post War ◽  
Girl Child Education
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