Gender In Education

Abstract

This paper presents a discussion on gender in education. Education is the major pivot on which the orbit of any society rotates. To a large extent, education determines the paces of economics, political, sociological, technological development of any nation, hence it should be made available to all gender without compromise. The paper further discussed the need for all and sundry to see that the female gender is properly educated. This stems from the fact that Nigeria as well as most African countries are still governed by many dehumanizing cultural beliefs and practices which violate fundamental human rights and institute the superiority of men over women, boys over girls in different spheres of life. As a result education is denied the female gender. The paper further asserts that if female are incorporated in education for all, they will be in a better state to discourage their children and husbands from joining the band wagon to do evil, sanity will be achieved and the wheel of progress will be turned in the right direction. The paper made some recommendations that include among others, the issue of equal education opportunity and education for all (EFA) as entrenched in the National Policy of Education, and also as endorsed by the pan African conference on girl Child education to be taken more serious.