Educational Disparity in Nigeria: A Gendered Analysis

This paper examines the inequalities and discrimination from which the female gender suffers. It is a major infringement of the rights of women and girls and therefore a major challenge to the development process. Gender can be referred to as the social and cultural construction of females’ identities in a given society which leads to socially constructed roles, responsibilities, obligations and attributes about the relationships between men and women. This study observes that to encourage gender equality and parity in learning, Nigeria must aim its struggles not merely towards education itself, but also towards the society’s cultural and utilitarian framework.