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. Email:iokwakpam@yahoo.com 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
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some sort of education. But the majority of women did not have this right. Some lucky women received education but this women were from the nobility or from wealthy families‚ women that were commoners didn’t have the right to go to school. The site Elizabethi.org tells us about women education‚ it says: “ Women who were commoners would not have attended to school” ‚ “Elizabethan women from wealthy and noble families were sometimes allowed the privilege for an education”. Still if women get any sort
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THE PRECEDENT OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN INDIA IN RELATION TO THE EDUCATION Sanat Kumar Mallick. PhD Scholar‚ University of Calcutta E-mail—tosanatmallick@gmail.com 9933432876 Abstract: Women empowerment is a debatable matter. At earlier time they were getting equal status with other men. But they had faced some difficulties during post-Vedicand epic ages. From early twenty century their statuses have been changed slowly and gradually. After the‚ Independence of India‚ the national leaders strongly
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The EdLittle Tree The Education of Little Tree starts here‚ when Little Tree’s mom passed away and his grandparents took him in. He lived during a time of racism and prejudice that had lived on for many years between white people and Indians. He encounters this first hand on the bus ride to the wagon trail. His grandparents did not have tickets and when they entered the bus‚ the driver proceeded to make a joke and say “How!” and everyone on the bus laughed. Though Little Tree did not know this‚ he
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“The Education of Michelle Rhee‚” is a documentary shown on PBS Frontline. John Merrow is a correspondent of Frontline and he was given permission to follow Michele Rhee on her journey to reforming the public-school system in Washington D.C. While watching the video it is easy to see that Rhee was very passionate in her pursuit to create a better public-school system for the children in Washington D.C. Rhee implemented mandatory standardized tests for the school system and fired every principal‚
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Minority Centric Women Education Policies (1) National Institute of open Schooling (November 1989): The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)‚ Government of India started National Open Schooling (NOS) after merging the pilot project of Central Board of Secondary Education to meet the needs of heterogeneous learners till pre-degree. In July 2002‚ it was named as The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) with a mission to provide opportunity for continuing education at schools till pre-degree
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create opportunities for them to achieve their ambitions Nelson Mandela once said‚ "Education is the most powerful weapon to change the world." Twice a week‚ for two hours in every meeting‚ I stand before a group of young Emirati women and teach them skills to pass the International English Language Testing System (IELTS)‚ a test of English that stands as a requirement for them to continue with their education or to apply for employment. Most of the students in class happen to be mothers and
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Essay question: Do Turkey and /or Turkish women gain or lose if women are educated and have jobs? Why? Why not? Education is The Only Key of Life For Turkish Women Education right‚ right to vote and stand for election are basic rights of humanbeings and the elements of democracy. These rights are essential to prove the existence of a person in society. Altough‚ these rights were given to Turkish women before many western countries‚ Turkey fell behind
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As a species we are fascinated by the pursuit of happiness‚ holding it as one of (if not the most) important goals achievable‚ but how much stock should we really put into this drive? As Professor Daniel Nettle argues in his book‚ Happiness: the science behind your smile‚ we are not unhappy because of our environment‚ but rather because of our nature. Happiness and consequently unhappiness is due in large part to how we address our world. The majority of people rank themselves above the average level
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Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was considered a pioneer in radical heart surgery and in the establishment of Provident Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18‚ 1856‚ in Hollidaysburg‚ Pennsylvania. He was one of seven children. Growing up‚ at the age of 17‚ Williams worked part-time in a barbershop while he was living with one of his sisters. Williams received his preparatory and college education in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. He later took a two-year apprenticeship with
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