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Effect Of Early Marriage On Female Academic Performance In Nigeria
[A CASE STUDY OF THREE SOUTH-WESTERN UNIVERSITIES]
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1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study through its findings is of immense benefits in the following areas:
Female
students will gain from this study by learning that education is the
only way to achieving greater goals in life, and this will help them in
correcting the instability that had existed in girl’s education.
Parents
will gain a great deal in this study by getting to learn that women
education is not a waste, and also if you educate a man, but if you
educate a women you educate a family, a nation, and this will help
change their attitudes and ignorance towards girls education.
Government,
both the Federal, State and Local levels will gain from this study by
realizing from this study that funds, higher access education, poverty
easing programmes should be made available for education at all levels.
Educators,
educational planners, the general public will gain from this study by
learning that girls are in no way inferior to men, they also gain by
learning how to educate, guide and counsel girls in carrier choices of
educational courses.
1.7 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This
study focused on the effect of early marriage on female academic
performance on Nigerian women who have experienced early marriage in
three selected South-western Universities namely University of Lagos,
University of Ibadan and Federal University of Technology, Akure.
However the research has some constraints which are:
a) Dearth of Research Material: The research materials available to the researcher are insufficient, thereby limiting the study.
b)
Time: The time frame allocated to the study does not enhance wider
coverage as the researcher has to combine other academic activities and
examinations with the study.
c) Unwillingness of the respondents to participated in the survey for fear of victimization.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The study examined the effects of early marriage on the academic achievements of married female students in Nigerian UniversitiesMore specifically, the study sought to assess the educational and non-educational effects of early marriage on the academic achievements of married female studentsThe purposive sampling technique was used to select 225 female married students in UI, UNILAG and FUTA183 respondents duly participated in the survey. A well- developed questionnaire was designed to elicit in ... Continue reading---
