The Role of Female Education on Economic Development: Cross Sectional Data

Getinet Gezahegn Gebre

doi:10.7176/dcs/10-4-01

Abstract

This study investigates the role of female education on economic development in the case of Gimbo woreda of south west Kafa zone, located at 10 Km from Bonga Town, and 460 km south west of Addis Ababa. The general objective of the study is to assess the role of female education on economic development in Gimbo woreda . The specific objectivesof the study were to assess enrollment rate of females in relation to their male counter parts in elementary, secondary, TVET and Tertiary education, evaluating balance of female to male ratio in enrollment rate, assessing repetition and Dropout rates of females especially in primary school, assessing the relationship between female education and economic development. For development of any country the role of female education is the crucial one, especially for third world countries like Ethiopia. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to examine the role of female education on economic development in Gimbo. Data were collected from primary and secondary sources and analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Science. Descriptive analysis such as percentage, tables and ratios were supported out to come up with major results. In the analysis part different variables to measure enrollment rate at different levels of education like: Gross Enrolment Rate, Net Enrollment rate, Apparent Intake rate and Gross party index were used. Based on the study reached into conclusion that educated female has a positive impact on economic development even if girls were always been in an unfavorable position. Consequently, the researcher recommended enhancing women’s education that promotes women’s participation is unindustrialized economic policies and providing social and economic safety and security of women’s. Keywords : Development, Education, and Gender DOI: 10.7176/DCS/10-4-01 Publication date: April 30 th 2020

Highlights

Women for centuries have been voicing their concerns about legislations government policies, traditional customers and religious beliefs, which have been instrumental to bring women’s subordinate status
This study investigates the role of female education on economic development in the case of Gimbo woreda of south west Kafa zone, located at 10 Km from Bonga Town, and 460 km south west of Addis Ababa
Based on the study reached into conclusion that educated female has a positive impact on economic development even if girls were always been in an unfavorable position

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Introduction

Women for centuries have been voicing their concerns about legislations government policies, traditional customers and religious beliefs, which have been instrumental to bring women’s subordinate status. FDRE give much attention to female as central issue on plan for accelerated and sustained development to end poverty to liberate women from less productivity tasks, and rising their participation in the labor force, in social and political process of the nation which include rising woman’s education, but the situation of women in Ethiopia is much different from those of the many parts of Africa (EPRDF- 2014). Ethiopia’s fight with poverty and slow development is indistinguishably tied to its history of conflict, recurrent drought, and environmental degradation. This condition is further complex by deep traditional social and economic patterns that place powerful constrictions on the rights of female and their chances to direct their own lives or participate in and subsidize to community and national development. This condition is further complex by deep traditional social and economic patterns that place powerful constrictions on the rights of female and their chances to direct their own lives or participate in and subsidize to community and national development. (ESPS, 2008)

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