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Item HUMAN RIGHTS: IMPERATIVE FOR GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN NIGERIA(Institute of Education, University of Ilorin, 2016-11) Okafor, Ifeoma P; Balogun, Abdulrasaq O; Iyekolo, A. Olushola; Abdullaziz., IsiakaHuman Rights education x-rays the rights of citizen especially the girl-child in the community, society and the world at large. It assists to develop the girl-child holistically in her social well being, respect for human rights and enhancing her right to education. It also centered on universal values, equal opportunities, respect for diversity and non-discrimination, equality, protection of human rights at all levels, developing solidarity, prevents conflict, sharing of knowledge, impacts skills and moulds attitudes in both formal and informal contexts. The paper therefore examined the goals, objectives, importance of human rights education for the girl child. This is based on the fact that knowledge and understanding of human rights education will be an essential tool not for only girl-child and the entire citizen to survive as an entity in all spheres of life and to have relative complete peace in our country Nigeria. The education of human right should be made compulsory for all and sundry in both formal and informal education as this will assist to develop the girl-child and the entire populace irrespective of gender, race, creed, ethnicity, status and ability which will curb conflict and mould the attitude of people towards one another generally.Item Parental Opinions on the Effects of Street Hawking on the Development of the Youths in Ilorin Metropolis(Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, 2017-11) Okafor, Ifeoma P.; Balogun, Abdulrasaq O; Abdullaziz, Isiaka; Iyekolo, A. Olushola; Oniye, Ridwan K.The Study was structured as a survey to investigate what parents in Ilorin Metropolis percieved as causes and consequences of street hawking on development of youthful human resources in Nigeria. From the population of parents across 5 randomly selected streets in the metropolis, a total of 300 parents were sampled using cluster sampling technique. The sampled parents were further stratified on the basis of educational status (educated and illiterate) and family type (polygamous and monogamous). The researcher used questionnaire called Causes and consequences of street hawking to collect the data. The instrument was validated. Percentage was used to answer the research Questions 1 and 2 while t-test statistic was used to test the raised hypothesis. Findings revealed that 78% of respondents blamed street hawking on parental poverty.Item SOCIAL DEPRIVATIONS AND ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING FACILITIES AMONG TERTIARY STUDENTS IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE.(Department of Publishing and Web Development, University of Ecucation, Winneba, Ghana, 2017-12) Okafor, Ifeoma P.; Balogun, Abdulrasaq O; Iyekolo, A. Olushola; Abdullaziz, IsiakaAbstract The study empirically finds out incidences, causes and impacts of social deprivation among undergraduates in public and private Universities in Ilorin, Kwara State. From the population of undergraduates in the three randomly selected federal, state and private universities located in the state capital, random sampling technique was used to sample a total of 645 respondents out of which only 409 said they felt socially deprived. Data was collected using a questionnaire instrument which had four sections. The collected data was analyzed using percentages. Findings shows that 65.36% of undergraduates in federal universities, 81.81% of those in state university and 40.21% of private university of the three types of university said they had been deprived against in all areas of their lives. It was recommended that government should come up with policies that can eradicate social deprivations among tertiary students in Nigeria.