Factors Affecting Sustainable Women Education in Nigeria

FACTORS AFFECTING SUSTAINABLE WOMEN EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

BY

IHEANYI N. OKWAKPAM
Department of Adult and Continuing Education,
Faculty of Education,
University of Calabar, Cross River State,
Nigeria.
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Abstract
This paper attempts to establish the factors that affect sustainable women education in Nigeria. The paper found out that non-participation of women in education programmes was as a result of some limiting factors and proffers solutions to such.

Introduction
It is not that there are no studies or recommendations on how to resolve women’s educational problems; it is rather than the recommendation for the provision of women education have usually been unrealistic either because of wrong assumptions or unreasonable expectations and therefore far from the target some observers have argued that few among the Nigerian Policymakers seem to take their educational problems seriously. It is more likely that they have taken them seriously but have become disillusioned by poor results realised from previous mass education policies in Nigeria. It appears that national development has been hampered by too much dependence on formal education as a model of development, which is ineffective in promoting the desired levels of development and change.

Examining the achievements of those who have participated in the women education programme, the study found that they are involved in the economic and productive circles and have increased their income-earning capacity which has drastically serve as in effective sustenance of their family needs and ensuring higher participation on equal footing with men in the labour market which in turn did benefit their families and the societies in general. Also, these developments in knowledge, skills and attitudes of the women have affected the quantity of their socio-economic, cultural and political lives. With sustainable education, women now can resist negative effects on their life and discredit any belief

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