Ayodeji Olasunkanmi, Abari and Oshun Okaima, Grace (2010) Enrolment, Attrition and Graduation of the Girl Child in Public Junior Secondary Schools in South West Nigeria, 1996-2006. Journal of Women's Entrepreneurship and Education (3-4). pp. 59-70. ISSN 1821-1283
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Abstract
The study examined the enrolment, attrition and graduation of the girl child in Junior Secondary Schools in South West Nigeria from 1999 to 2006 during which five cohorts were produced. This is against the backdrop of the launching of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria in 1999, a programme that is designed not only to ensure that the child acquires basic skills in life but also to redress the gender imbalance in the Nigerian educational landscape and therefore ensure greater female participation in national development. Relevant
data were collected through a Records Observation Format from 72 Junior Secondary Schools purposively selected from the urban and rural areas of the six
States that constitute South West Nigeria namely Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oshun
and Oyo States. Data collected were subjected to the t-test statistical analysis in
consonance with the hypotheses formulated to guide the study. Results indicate no
significant difference between enrolment and graduation in both urban and rural
areas at 0.05 significant level indicating that the UBE programme is probably on
course with respect to participation of the girl child. Among the recommendations are
that brilliant but indigent female students be offered bursary and scholarship awards
and that gender specific laws be enacted to protect female children from abuse and
exploitation in order to ensure and assure their education.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | enrolment, attrition, graduation, girl child |
| Research Department: | ?? H1 ?? |
| Depositing User: | Jelena Banovic |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Apr 2016 12:07 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Apr 2016 12:07 |
| URI: | http://35.240.28.64/id/eprint/458 |
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