Abstract
Despite Nigerian government's initiatives such as Northern Education Initiative (NEI), Girl Education Project (GEP) and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in bridging the massive educational gap between males and females in Sokoto state it remains one of the states with high illiteracy level due to cultural and socio-economic status factors affecting female education. The study investigated the attitudes of parents towards female education and cultural and socio-economic factors responsible for low enrolment and recurrent withdrawal from school. Simple survey design was used, population of 800 students from Women centre for continuing education (WCCE). A sample of 260 students was drawn using Krejcie and Morgan table. Attitudes of parents towards female education questionnaire (APTFEQ) with a reliability of 0.76 and effect of socio-cultural and socio-economic factors on female education questionnaire (ESCSEFFEQ) with 0.84 reliability were the instruments used in collection of data. The study found out that parents have negative attitude towards female education and poverty is the major reason for low enrolment of female students and recurrent withdrawal. Early marriage, gender inequality, religion, child labour and uneducated parents also contributed to such situations. Recommendations were that government should provide free education to females, provision of job opportunities to reduce poverty rate and public awareness campaign on the importance of female education. Female counsellors are required to counsel female students to be successful Academicians in their society. Counsellors should organize conferences and use such forums in conversing with parents about the importance of female education as the major implications for counselling.
Highlights
Education is the process of impacting knowledge through teaching and learning
Conclusion was reached based on the findings, that parents have negative attitudes towards female education in Sokoto State
Cultural and socio-economic status such as early marriage, poverty, religion, uneducated parents, gender inequality and child labour are the causes of low enrolment and recurrent withdrawal of females, with poverty as the major factor
Summary
Education is the process of impacting knowledge through teaching and learning. It is every child’s right to be educated whether male or female. With these the significance of education is paramount; this is the reason why[1] necessitates that every Nigerian child is entitled to equal right of been educated irrespective of gender. Nigeria is operating on 9-3-4 system of education[2,3]. Nigeria has 30 million students this does not tally with the attitudes of parents in northern Nigeria especially in Sokoto state, towards the enrolment of their female child into schools.
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