Abstract
The study investigated early marriage and academic performance of widows and divorced students of Women Centres in Bauchi State. Three research questions, objectives, and research hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. A sample of 256 students was drawn from the population of 802 with the aid of Krejcie and Morgan (1971) table for determining sample size. A research instrument titled Academic Performance Test (APT) was used for data collection which was adjudged to possess content validity by teachers in secondary schools that mark WAEC and NECO in Bauchi State with a reliability ‘r’ index of 0.68 for Mathematics and 0.76 for the English language. The null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics. Findings revealed that: there is no significant difference between the academic performance of widow and married students of Women Centre Jama’are, Azare, Misau, and Ningi Bauchi State and also there is a significant difference between the academic performance of divorce and married students of Women Centre Jama’are, Azare, M,isau and Ningi Bauchi State; It was recommended that parents and husbands should encourage their daughters and wives to go back to school while for Divorcees parents should encourage their daughters to acquire knowledge and skills for self-development in women continuing education Keywords: Early marriage, widows, divorcees, and academic performance of students DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-6-03 Publication date: February 28 th 2022
Highlights
Women education is a global priority for UNESCO and is inextricably linked to UNESCO's efforts to promote the right to education and support the achievement of education and literacy (2012) showed that almost two-thirds of the world's 792 million illiterate adults are women
4.1 Discussion of Finding This study aimed to examine early marriage and academic performance of female secondary school students of women centres in Bauchi State
It was concluded that there is no significant differences in academic performance between married widow students
Summary
Women education is a global priority for UNESCO and is inextricably linked to UNESCO's efforts to promote the right to education and support the achievement of education and literacy (2012) showed that almost two-thirds of the world's 792 million illiterate adults are women. This situation has not changed and the latest projection indicate that this ratio will remain at this level by 2017 (UNESCO Institute of Statistics). UNESCO (2009) indicated that the discrimination against girls and women exist in all educational institutions. The extent to which girls are disproportionately excluded from education is higher at the secondary level than in primary education and increases further from secondary school levels to tertiary institutions
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