THE IMPACT OF WOMEN’S EDUCATION IN THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to survey the role of women education in nation building. A self designed questionnaire was used as the research instrument. Ten research questions are formulated and percentages are computed. The first research question states do Nigeria women contribute to nation building. The second research questions states, does the women function effectively in the modern economic system. The third research question state, education is seen everywhere as the quickest and most effective means of transforming women. The four research question states, does education of women improve social status. The fifth research question state, do women reduce population growth rate in the society. The sixth research question states, does education give women access to technologies. The seventh research questions state, do you find education of women more effective to the society.

The eight research questions states, does education of women improve the lifestyle of women. The ninth research questions states do you agree that women education can improve women dissemination of ideas. Result revealed that the research one was accepted research question was accepted,. Research questions three, four, five was rejected; research question six, seven, eight, nine and ten was also accepted. This shows that the role of women education contributes to nation building in Oredo Local Government Area. Conclusion was reached based on the result and findings of this study. Discussion, implication and suggestions were made based on the existing literature in the field of study.

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

It is no longer in doubt that women play very significant role in the development process on human society. Recently, the need and importance of women education has come on the increase most countries, especially developing countries have stated create an avenue through women would be educated. The world as a whole has also begins to recognize women’s education and how important it has become. In Nigeria particularly, education is valued so much that it is looked upon as a prerequisite for all the short comings of society as well as the surest means for nation building. According to Omegbe (1998) “education itself is the development of an individual through training, transmission of what is worthwhile to the point that he is able to fit into his environment and contribute to the best of his ability, to the well being of the society. The national policy on education stated categorically that; the federal government of Nigeria has adopted education as an instrument per excellent for effective nation building, because of this belief, education has been pursed single-mindedly in most part of Nigeria. It should be noted, that women account for roughly half of the world’s population, perform the third of the hours worked, receive one tenth of the worlds income and have less than one hundredth of the worlds properly registered in his name.

According to the World Bank Report (1996) gave us the population of women, that women makes up a higher percentage of the rural populace out of about 70% of Nigeria’s rural populace, women account 50% hence, they bear the brunt of the difficulties of rural life. In a similar vein Okukpon (1994) “women constitute more than half of the adult population. They produce 80% of the food requirement and play a major role in the handling of food and maintenance of the home. The high rate of non participation amongst women is alarming and there is need to create awareness on the danger for not participating or playing active role in nation building. Most states in Nigeria including Edo State have shown considerable interest in women education project for enhancing women’s productivity towards nation building.