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IIARD INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (IJGEM )

E-ISSN 2504-8821
P-ISSN 2695-1878
VOL. 11 NO. 3 2025
DOI: 10.56201/ijgem.vol.11.no3.2025.pg161.170

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Special Policies and Infrastructural Facilities of Ube Programme and Educational Development of the Girl-Child in Bayelsa State

Dr Diepreye Okodoko, Silon Ebiye Franca

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Abstract

The research examined UBE program policies and infrastructure and Bayelsa State female education. The study used correlational survey research. The survey included 4,445 female Junior Secondary two and three pupils from Ogbia, Sagbama, and Southern Ijaw school zones in Bayelsa. The research included 556 female students (13% of the population) recruited using proportional stratified random selection. The Special Policies and Infrastructural Facilities of UBE Programme and Educational Development of the Girl-Child Questionnaire collected data. The research supervisor and two measurement and evaluation specialists from the department of educational foundations, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island Bayelsa State, validated the instrument. The reliability coefficient values of the instrument internal consistencies were obtained with the application of Cronbach’s Alpha method. The reliability coefficient values stood at .821, .832 and .811 for special policies, infrastructural facilities and educational development of the girl-child respectively. The data were analyzed with the application of model summary of simple regression analysis and PPMC analysis for the research questions and hypotheses respectively with the support of the SPSS version 26. The study concludes that special policies of UBE programme have significant relationship with educational development of girl-child in schools. The study equally recommended that policies makers should formulate special policies on enrolment, promotion, etc that favour and encourages the education of the girl-child. This will arouse the educational interest of girls and give them a sense of belonging.

keywords:

UBE Programme, Special Policies, Infrastructural Facilities, Educational Development, Girl-Child

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