JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL POLICY (JHSP )
E-ISSN 2545-5729
P-ISSN 2695 2416
VOL. 9 NO. 2 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/jhsp.v9.no2.2023.pg1.13
Nseabasi, Asukwo Sunday, PhD, Sylvanus P. Idiong, PhD, James, Samuel Francis
Gender equity in education generates a push force that accelerates progress across sectors and goals; thus national development. Gender equality constitutes central position in both national and international programmes as an accelerator for achieving development. Women’s place in national development appears subordinated. Thus, this study examined gender equity in education in Nigeria and the impact on national development. Specifically, the study sought to determine the degree of women access to education, ascertain the impact of women education on socio-economic development determine the factors that constitute barriers to women education in Nigeria, the consequences of low women access to education and benefits of gender equity and women in education. The study discovered that educated women serve as stabilizing factor in national development and recommended ‘cultural rebirth, smart economic, new education content and soft competition technique’ as the approach that will grant women the needed equity in national development in Nigeria.
Gender Equity, Women education, Impact, National Development, Education
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