A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GENDER EQUALITY IN ENROLMENT AND COMPLETION OF PRIMARY SCHOOL GIRLS IN NIGERIA AND USA
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2017-03
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Harvest of Research Outcomes to Confirm Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
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This study was conducted to investigate gender equality in enrolment and completion of primary school girls. The report in this study constitutes a comprehensive survey of why, despite reaching global parity at primary school enrolment completion rate for girls lag way behind those of boys. The study also feature the post Millennium Development Goal Agenda, setting out recommendations for the education sector at the international, national and local level with the aim of transforming the experiences of girls at school.
This empirical study contains some basic statistics on the level of girls exclusion from education. It pre¬sents statistical information on gender equality. This study also involve the multi-faceted strategies nec¬essary to address not only different dimensions of girls and women's lives but understand gendered relationships and structurally entrenched inequalities between women and men, girls and boys. It also analyses the way schools can perpetrate gender stereotypes and investigates how this can be prevented.
It was suggested that post- MDG goals are not sufficient for what need to be done to address girls' and women's education needs, setting the target amount too low and still only in terms of access, not attendance, completion, or quality. This paper discusses some of the key challenges in achieving real gender equality in education providing examples of initiatives in a range of context, including gender¬responsive budgeting in primary education and making recommendations for action.
A descriptive survey design was employed. A-9 four point Likert scale researchers questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument consists of (9) items administered on 150 respondents. Data collected were analysed using the mean rating. Each case study ends with conclusion and a set of policy recommendations.