ERIC Number: EJ1236176
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Nov
Pages: 14
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Relationship between Social Challenges and the Education of the Girl-Child as Perceived by Female Academics in the Tertiary Institutions of Edo State, Nigeria
Osarenren-Osaghae, R. I.; Imhangbe, O. S.; Irabor, Q. O.
Educational Research and Reviews, v14 n17 p625-638 Nov 2019
The study looked at some social challenges confronting the education of the girl-child as perceived by female academics in the tertiary institutions in Edo State. To guide this study, seven research questions were raised and one hypothesis was formulated. The population was made up of all the female academics in all the tertiary institutions in Edo State, Nigeria. Three hundred and fifty females made up the sample of study through the purposive sampling technique. The instrument used to collect data was the questionnaire which was content validated by experts and had a reliability value of 0.72. Three hundred and eleven retrieved questionnaires were analyzed using frequency and percentage for research questions and Pearson product moment correlation co-efficient (r) for the hypothesis. There was a strong positive relationship (r=0.932, p<0.05) between social challenges and the education of the girl-child in Edo state, Nigeria. Based on these findings, recommendations were made.
Descriptors: Social Problems, Barriers, Females, Women Faculty, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Reliability, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Educational Attainment, Poverty, Illiteracy, Parent Child Relationship, Gender Differences, Religious Factors, Cultural Influences, Womens Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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