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
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Women play constructive, complimentary and fundamental roles in the society. The
education of woman in the formal education exposes her to available information that
could aid them in responsible behaviour for effective and efficient motherhood.
Education confers undoubted benefits on the individuals and the society especially
when it is appropriate to the goals and aspirations of the society.
Based on the above, Nyerere (1970) stated that education should be designed to meet
the economic and developmental circumstances of a nation. It is in realisation of the
above that women need to participate in the socio economic development of any
nation which is in consonant with the United Nations advocacy which led to
pronouncement of a decade for women (1975 1985).
According to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3010: XXVII, the
decade was aimed at addressing issues relating to the educational advancement of
women with the over riding goals being that of developing their potentials, contribute
to and benefit from development (United Nations, 1985). The United Nations in a
publication titled The
Nairobi Forward Looking: Strategies for the Advancement of Women , published in
1985 provided a framework for renewal commitment by member states to the
advancement of women in education (United Nations,