Benefits of Communication Skills to female Muslim students at Tamale College of Education

Salifu Issah,Dr Iddrisu Sulemana

doi:10.17722/jell.v11i1.410

Abstract

This study investigated the benefits that are accrued to female Muslims students of Tamale College of Education when they become proficient in communication skills. The study adopted qualitative approach, employed purposive and twenty – six female Muslim students were interviewed. As opposed to some traditional views that the best female Muslim students could do is bear children, cook and care for children and the aged. This investigative piece showed that when female Muslim students gain admissions into Tamale College of Education and study Communication skills, the following benefits accrue to them. One, female Muslims develop a lot of Communicative Competencies. The study also showed that female Muslims develop enhanced confidence. The study also showed that female Muslims have high expectation for job opportunities. The study again found that female Muslim students become liberated as a benefit of communication skills. The study showed that female Muslim students become more socialised and lastly, the study showed that female Muslims have their prospects in marriage enhanced.

Highlights

The advocacy on the empowerment of women gained prominence since the "UN Declaration of the Decade of Women" in 1975
The study concludes that when female Muslim students enter Tamale College of Education, they develop Communicative Competence due to the interactive nature of the collegiate environment
The study showed that female Muslim students experience an enhanced form of confidence

Summary

Introduction

The advocacy on the empowerment of women gained prominence since the "UN Declaration of the Decade of Women" in 1975 This led to increased attention and action on women's concerns, whether in the form of consciousness-raising or skills acquisition, (UNESCO Institute for Education, 1995). Dr Kwagyire Aggrey, a Ghanaian educationist is reported to have said “when you educate a man, you educate an individual, but when you educate a woman, you educate a nation.” This explains that educating a female has a trickle - down effect; it reduces both child and maternal mortality and improves the financial standing of women. Women comprise almost half of the world's population - almost same in number as men They are often discriminated against socially, politically and economically in many ways (Lambert, Elizabeth & Elizabeth, 2012). How the study of communication impacts on the lives of female Muslim students is the concern of this paper

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