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.