THE EFFECT OF POVERTY AND CULTURAL PRACTICES ON GIRL-CHILD EDUCATION IN SOBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE (2011 – 2017)
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2020-03-10
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Abstract
Girl-child education as a global concern has been shown to be a difficult task that is not easily
achievable due to poverty, cultural practices amongst many impediment. The study was
carried out to examine the effect of poverty and cultural practices on girl-child education in
Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State from 2011 to 2017. The main objective of this
study is to examine the effect of poverty and cultural practices on girl-child education in Soba
Local Government Area. System theory by Ludwing Von Bertalanffy was adopted as the
theoretical framework to guide the study. The methodology used for the study was survey
design and the primary data collections were questionnaires administration, interviews and
observation. The secondary data were collected via records and documents. The study used a
total sample of 400 respondents. The analysis of data was done using multiple linear
regressions, with the aid of SPSS version 20 software. The regression result from the analysis
revealed that poverty and cultural practice have significant negative effect on girl-child
education in Soba Local Government Area of Kaduna State. However, school infrastructures
have significant positive effect on girl-child education. The study deduced that poverty
hinders girl-child education in Soba local government area of Kaduna state. Therefore, this
study recommends among others that community members should be empowered with skills
and credit facilities necessary to boost their livelihood. This will impact significantly on their
financial capability to support girl-child education.