THE ATTITUDE OF PARENTS TOWARDS THE EDUCATION OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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THE ATTITUDE OF PARENTS TOWARDS THE
EDUCATION OF FEMALE STUDENTS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to investigate on the attitude of
parents towards the education of female students in Egor Local Government Area
of Edo State. During the study, data were collected from parents and it was
detected that majority of the respondents had negative view of female education
while only few had a positive attitude to female education. The researcher thereby
stressed the importance of female education, helping them to know that
educating female children will enable them be a good housewife, good mother and
a good citizen. Education will also help females to secure a professional
occupation that will enable them contribute to the development of the society
at large. The conclusion drawn was that parents should ward off the negative
attitude in female education such as the view that “female education ends in
the kitchen” rather they should cultivate the right attitude that educating
female will lead to societal and national development which will enhance the
standard of living of the people. Conclusively therefore, it was recommended
that equal educational opportunities should be given to both male and female
children.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter
One
Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of problem
Research questions
Purpose of the study
Significance of the study
Scope of the study
Limitation of the study
Definition of terms
Chapter Two
Literature Review
Concept of female education
Gender bias and women access to education
Balance view of female students
Importance of women education
Chapter Three
Research Methodology
Population of the study
Sample of the study
Instrumentation
Validity and Reliability of instrument
Method of data analysis
Chapter Four
Analysis and discussion of results
Chapter Five
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendation
References
Questionnaire
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Egor
Local Government Area is one of the eighteen local government area in Edo
State. The major occupation of the inhabitants if farming and this makes them
view the education of their female children as irrelevant but rather, female
should help their parents for domestic work so that they can be good house
wives in future.
In
Egor Local Government Area it is also observed that parents pay little or not
attention to the education of their female children. Education is the total
process through which an individual acquires knowledge; skills and abilities to
enable him or her contribute positively towards the meaningful development of
the society. It is also an individual’s opportunity for employment, earning and
status. An access to education is one key opportunity and should be made
available not only to male but also to females. In recent times, women in Egor
Local Government Area have strived to gain places in almost all professions
using education as a propagating instrument.
Despite their contributions to societal attitudes, parents have not completely
changed to granting female equal educational rights as males. Therefore, the
attitude of parents towards the education of female students in Egor Local
Government Area of Edo State is of great concern to the researcher and should
be revised to involve females in National Development. According to Adaralegbe
A. (2002) females are not to be restricted from education in any way. He also
stated that time is coming when women will be in power.
Adeyemi J. A. (2001) also emphasized on the education of females in one of his
book-promoting females education analysis, university press Ltd, pg 117.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In
most family, the boys are more valuable to the parents than the girls. As a
result of this, the researcher deems it necessary to examine the attitude of
parents towards the education of female’s students under the following:
1.
The number of female students in school and the educational level of their
parents.
2.
Female education and parental income.
3.
Relationship between societal culture and female education.
4.
Academic performance of male and female students in schools.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
In
finding out the parental attitudes towards female education in Egor Local
Government Area, the following research questions have been formulated.
1.
To what extent do social factors hinders female students from completing their
secondary education?
2.
Does the education of female child have any offence?
3.
Does the family background affect the education of female child or the family
belief?
4.
does male students perform than the female students academically?
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
This
research is aimed at findings out the various attitude of the parent towards
the of their female children. Taking Egor Local Government Area of Edo State as
a case study. The researchers work will examine the following objectives.
1.
Enumerate the various beliefs of parents towards female education.
2.
Find out the reasons behind such behaviour
3.
Identify the negative attributes of women education held by parents.
4.
Enable parents cultivate a positive attitude towards the education of their
daughters.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE
STUDY
The
research is considered important especially in Egor Local Government Area of
Edo State because it will help to develop in parents positive attitude towards
the education of their female realizing t he educated today, it will help them
to contribute positively to the development of the society and inculcate in
their future generations right attitudes that will make them fit in with the
present norms of the society.
It will also create awareness to the
parents on the needs to view education of their female children as an
obligation that must be fulfilled.
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This
study is designed to find out parental attitudes towards the education of their
female children and the reasons behind their beliefs. Egor Local Government of
Edo State is used as case study, but it is not possible for this study to cover
the length and breath of the region under review.
Therefore, the researcher focuses her attention on these town and villages
under the local government- Useh, Ogheghe, Ighadolor, Iguoshodi and Iyekeze to
be a point of references, because female education is not well recognized in
these regions.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Attitude: Way of
thinking, feeling, behaviour, opinion or value one has for female education.
Parent: Any
person (man or women) with legal claim of ownership of a child, male or female.
Income:
Available resources of parents earned on sales of articles or received on
performance of a certain services
Education: formal
instruction or training given to a child in secondary schools female or male.
Social factors: All
social influences that aid or hinder a parent’s attitude to education of their
female children.
Educated parents: Owner of
a female child with formal education in addition to informal education.
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