@article{MAKHILLTSS202015224839,
    title = {Multidimensional Factors Affecting Girls Child Educational Development in Nigeria
Geo-Political Zones},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {15},
    number = {2},
    pages = {103-113},
    year = {2020},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2020.103.113},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2020.103.113},
    author = {Jummai and},
    keywords = {Education,gender inequality,girl child,Nigeria,multifaceted},
    abstract = {There are abundant benefits of providing
educational support to all in contrast to a scenario where
a restricted segment of human population in a society are
favoured with education. To educate simply means
providing individuals with preparation for good character
and the potential capabilities to sustain development.
From modern perspectives, education is a fundamental
human right of every citizen regardless of ethnic
nationality, gender, age, skin colour or geographical
constituency. Presently, there are multifaceted instruments
for making education a fundamental right for all.
Supporting a selection of children, even when it is strictly
accomplished on academic yardsticks, betrays the
principle of education for all. It is a no doubt fact that an
academic performance gauge is to some degree an
impressive mechanism but the approach would cast-off
millions of children their right to education and more
assertively would proliferate the disproportion in the
educational system of many developing countries which
has been very obvious for very many years ago.
Education is the greatest investment in a society,
especially, girl’s child education which is one of the core
internationally recognized developmental priority. In
sub-Saharan Africa region, especially in Nigeria, girl’s
child education is embedded in a serious threat of poor
enrollment into schools and colleges due to varieties of
factors. In Nigeria, women are often deprived of the
fundamental human right to education due to some
religious, cultural, social or economic reasons. Thus, this
study quantitatively examines some multifaceted factors
affecting girl’s child education in Nigeria. The study
chooses respondents from schools located in different
geopolitical zones in the country. Field surveys were
conducted to support the analysis herein the framework.
Some pockets of factors affecting girl child education
were observed in the geopolitical zones. The results
indicate that all the factors investigated in the study
have significant effects on the selected female student
respondents but the schools in the Southern geopolitical
zones largely exhibited negative responses to some of the
factors considered. Conclusively, the study also makes
some recommendations on decision-making with respect
to enrolment strategies.}
    }