AN ASSESSMENT OF PARENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE AS PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
AN ASSESSMENT OF PARENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN KADUNA STATE AS PERCEIVED BY TEACHERS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
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Date
2009-07
Authors
ALIYU, BILKISU BASHIR
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ABSTRACT
The study investigated the attitudes of parents’ towards girl-child education in
Kaduna State as perceived by teachers and school principals. The population of
the study consists of all the school principals and secondary school teachers in
Kaduna State. The instrument used in collecting data was questionnaire. Four
Null hypotheses were postulated and tested using percentages and standard
deviation as descriptive and t-test as inferential statistics to test the opinions of
the respondents. From the findings of this study, three hypotheses were rejected
while one was accepted. It was however discovered that preference of male over
female education is common in the society and poverty is a major factor in
terminating girl-child education in Kaduna State. In addition, it was discovered
that government participation is still inadequate to facilitate change in the area.
On these bases, the researcher recommends the urgent intervention of
government to implement the laws governing girl-child education so as to
enhance and change the negligence of girl-child education as provisioned in
national policy on and provide equal access to education
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING
FACULTY OF EDUCATION PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR
THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN ADMINISTRATION
PLANNING
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
NIGERIA
JULY, 2009
Keywords
ASSESSMENT,, PARENTS,, ATTITUDES,, TOWARDS,, GIRL-CHILD,, EDUCATION,, KADUNA STATE,, PERCEIVED,, TEACHERS,, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS