Abstract
All over the world, education has been recognized as an effective tool for societal development. Educating the girl-child has however faced impediments as a result of societal prejudice which has immensely affected the enrollment of girls in secondary schools. In recognition of this impediment, numerous governments have put in place measures such as “free education for all” to encourage gender balance in the educational system. This study is therefore informed by the need to analyse the impact of free education for the girl child and its impact on enrolment in secondary schools. The research established that free education for all in the long term favors the male child because of socio-economic and religious impediments affecting the girl. The sustainability of these measures has over the years being affected by poor implementation, financing and accountability. Thus, employing a stratified ransom random sampling technique and structuring a 4 pointer likert scale questionnaire titled “Free Education and Enrolment for the Girl-Child in Public Secondary School Questionnaire” (FEEGPQ) which used to obtain responses from the participants. A correlation coefficient of 0.89 was obtained using the split-half reliability method. The data was analyzed using the (statistical package for social science) SPSS version 22 and the results indicated that free education targeted at girls will greatly impact the enrolment of girls while identifying that location plays no role in how free education is perceived by the public.
Highlights
ObjectivesTo investigate if free education for the girl-child will increase school enrollment in public secondary schools
There is no significant difference between the perception of respondents on free education and girl-child enrolment from the urban and rural locations of the study area
Hypotheses Three: There is no significant difference between the perception of respondents on free education and girl-child enrolment from the urban and rural locations of the study area
Summary
To investigate if free education for the girl-child will increase school enrollment in public secondary schools. 2. To establish if socio-economic and religious challenges impact the enrolment of the girlchild in public secondary schools. 3. To compare the perception of respondents from urban locations and rural location of the study area on free education. Hypotheses The hypotheses which guided the study was tested at 0.05 level of significance and are as follows: 1. Free education will not increase school enrollment of the girl-child in public secondary schools significantly. 2. Socio-economic and religious challenges do not significant impact the enrolment of the girl child in public secondary schools. 3. There is no significant difference between the perception of respondents on free education and girl-child enrolment from the urban and rural locations of the study area
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