Relationship Between Child’s Rights Act And Girl Child Education

The study examined the impact of girl-child rights on education in missionary secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. The descriptive research design was used in order to assess the opinions of the respondents using the questionnaire and the sampling technique. A total of 300 (Three Hundred) respondents (made up of 150 males and 150 females) were selected and used in this study as the sample of the study which represented the entire population of the study. Five research questions were raised in the study and were analyzed together with the bio-data of the respondents using the simple percentage frequency counts, while two null hypotheses were formulated and tested using both the Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and the independent t-test statistical tools at 0.05 level of significance. At the end of the data analyses, the following results emerged: There will be no significant relationship between child’s rights act and girl-child education in Lagos State, Nigeria and that there will be no significant gender difference in the education of the Girl-Child due to the Child’s Rights Act in Lagos State, Nigeria. With the above results, it is summarized that there is a positive relationship between Child’s Rights Act and Girl-Child Education in Lagos State, Nigeria. Based on the above results, it became imperative to recommend that: Nigerian girl-child should be sensitized about their rights. Many of them do not know their Fundamental Human Right such as rights to education, right that could allow them to challenge and reject all conditions that seek to make them inferior, subjugate them, oppress and deny them equal access to policy and decision-making positions.