ATTITUDE OF PARENTS TOWARDS GIRL CHILD EDUCATION IN KEBBI STATE

Abstract

The study investigated the attitude of parents towards girl-child education in Birnin-Yauri area of Kebbi State. The sample for this study was 200 parents of female Junior Secondary School Students (JSS 1-3) drawn from 2041. Five instruments designed by this researcher were used to collect information for the reasons that make parents disallow their female children from having access to free universal basic education. It was discovered that: parents’ level of education, occupation and level of poverty, ignorance, religion, tradition and belief etc. are the major causes. It was recommended that counselling of the parents and community leaders’ enlightenment is needed as a follow up for girl-child education, empowerment programme for the rural dwellers to enable parents earn income, provision of well-equipped schools that are children friendly and close to girl-children homes as well provision of scholarship for girls up to senior secondary school level.