Girls Educational Empowerment and Educational Management Perspectives Among Secondary Schools Student

Muhammad; Faruku; Sani; Yusuf Rarah

doi:10.56201/jhsp.vol.12.no7.2026.pg157.175

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Girls Educational Empowerment and Educational Management Perspectives Among Secondary Schools Student

Muhammad, Faruku, Sani, Yusuf Rarah

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Girls' education is globally recognized as one of the most effective strategies for promoting sustainable development, poverty reduction, gender equality, and national transformation. Despite significant progress in educational access, millions of girls continue to face barriers that limit their participation, retention, and successful completion of formal education. These barriers include poverty, cultural and religious misconceptions, child marriage, gender discrimination, insecurity, inadequate educational infrastructure, and weak policy implementation. From the perspective of educational management, ensuring equitable access to quality education for girls requires strategic planning, effective policy implementation, prudent resource allocation, strong leadership, and continuous monitoring and evaluation. This paper argues that educational managers at all levels have a critical responsibility to create gender-responsive educational systems that empower girls academically, socially, economically, and politically. The paper further maintains that investing in girls' education is not merely a social responsibility but a strategic investment in national development and human capital formation. It recommends collaborative efforts among governments, school administrators, communities, parents, civil society organizations, and international development partners to remove barriers that hinder girls' educational opportunities. Ultimately, empowering girls through education contributes significantly to improved educational outcomes, economic productivity, social justice, and sustainable national development (UNESCO, 2024; UNICEF, 2023; World Bank, 2024).

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Girls' educationempowermenteducational managementgender equalityeducational leadershipsustainable development.

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