ABSTRACT
This project was carried out to find out the
impact of women educational status on the upbringing of children in Yala local
government area of cross River State. The study identifies that children
educational, social and moral development takes place at home. The relevant
literature reviewed revealed that the educational, social and moral behaviour
of mothers have a direct influence on the children. The instrument uses were
questionnaire, interview and observation to seek information about how women
bring up their children. The researcher therefore has tried to look at the
relationship between the level of educational attainment of mothers and moral
up-bringing. Therefore it is generally believed that educationally socially and
morally ill equipped mothers are responsible for poor performance among less
privilege children.
TABLE
OF CONTENT
Chapter One
Introduction
Statement of problem
Purpose of the study
Research question
Scope of the study
Limitation of the study
Basic assumptions
Significance of the study
Definition of terms
Chapter Two
Review of related literature
Chapter Three
Methodology
Design of the study ‘
Sampling procedure/population
Techniques for data collection
Techniques for data analysis
Formula for calculating percentage
Chapter Four
Analysis and presentation of data
Chapter
Five
Summary, conclusion and recommendations
Suggestions for further research
References
Questionnaires
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
The need
for women to attain higher position at work as well as obtain good jobs has
resulted in the increase of women in higher educational institutions, most
especially when it is on acknowledgement fact that education socialization process
and improving ones standard of living. But as more women attempt to obtain good
education up to the tertiary level, many are beginning to wonder about its
importance and the role it plays in national development. Moving into
adulthood, women face a series of specific developmental problems mainly of
social and economic character deeply rooted in cultural attitude regarding the
respective roles of the genders. Historically women’s self advancement has been
curtained by burden of reproduction, particularly heavy in societies like
Nigeria with very high fertility rate (Currently more than five children per
women) as well as by associated cultural views about the basic role of women
being that of childbearing, child raising and home makers with limited reason
to entertain wider aspiration. However, these physical and attitudinal
constraints are changing moiré gradually in Nigeria than in many other parts of
the world as a result of the advent of contraception (still quite limited in
Nigeria) a gradual down trend in the fertility rate and economic changes is
associated with urbanization and pove5rty which have pushed large numbers of
women into the labour force. Hence, various authors have examined the impact of
women education on different aspects of development, fertility moral
development, mate selection, children upbringing etc. however, few studies have
been carried out on these issues in Nigeria.
Article II
of CEDAW (the united nation convention on the elimination of all form of
discrimination against women) states that women shall have equal rights as men
with respect to employment opportunities, choice of professions, promotion and
remuneration. Although CEDAW has not been domesticated in Nigeria law, the
Nigeria constitutions outlaws’ discrimination on the basis of sex and women’s
employment. The reality however, is that Nigerian women are far from enjoying
equal right in the labour, their lower levels of educational attainment, biases
against women employment in certain branches of the economy in certain branches
of the economy ior types of work and discriminating salary practices. The legal
protections noted above also have little, if any practical effect in the formal
sector, agricultural and domestic service, where the vast majority of women are
employed. Ij the fifties and sixties only a handful of Nigerian women went to
school, but in the eighties during the oil boom women’s education was
encouraged when the government declared free education for al and gave
attractive employment to few educated women. One of the main barriers holding
back the high level of female illiteracy. In the long run, the only way to
overcome this situation is through universal access to basic education with
adequate resources to ensure that functional literacy and numeracy are
instilled in a sustainable sense. Without the danger of former pupils revertin
to illiteracy or at best semi literacy. In addition to strengthening basic
education or children however, it must be a top priority to enable adults, in
particular women to achieve literacy through non formal adult education
programmes.
Another
important factor that influences women education was mans desire to marry
educated women. These reasons among others where what encourage parents to
embark on mqss education for their female children. Inspite of mass literacy of
women, there has been mounting decline in the educational performance, social
and moral behaviour of children in Nigeria. Many people believe that parents
especially mothers are solely responsible for the laxity. This is pertinent
therefore to the aim and objectives of this study thereby showing whether the
women’s educational status has any contribution to the moral decay, poor
educational performance and delinquent behaviour of children in Nigeria
particularly in yala LGA of Cross River State.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
In Nigeria
today, poor academic achievement of children can be attributed to non literacy
parents, non challant attitude of sound education. The moral and social
decadence in the society can attributed to improve upbringing of a child. Due
to historical belief, women in the country are not given adequate education
because they feel that working mothers do not have much time for their children
and the entire house hold.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose
of this study is to find how the impact of women education on children’s
educational, social and moral upbringing. To analyze the role of women in
children upbringing and make contributions to the existing literature on
women’s role. Recommendations for possible remedies will be suggested.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The
following are some important questions to be answered by the study.
1. What are the various attitudes of women in the social
life of their children?
2. Is there any relationship between the
educational status of women and moral behaviour of children?
3. Has women educational status have any impact on
the academic performance of children?
4. Can social behaviour of children be influenced
by the educational status of women?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study
focuses only on the impact of women education on children upbringing and
involved selected women who satisfy the following criteria. Women from all
works of life ranging from professional life like doctors, dentists,
accountants, educationist etc to clerical workers like labourers, traders and
non working class women. Women with children between the ages of 3 and 28 years.
BASIC ASSUMPTIONS
The
following assumptions are made it is assumed that the level of educational
attainment of women differs different from one woman to another. Literate
mothers are more liberal in their ways of doing certain things especially
towards children. The social, moral and educational need of children differs
from age one to 10.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study
will be of great benefit to the illiterate mothers, the children and the
society at large. In the sense that women will pick up challenges to be highly
educated in order to improve more on their children upbringing with less regard
to their education. The findings will also be of practical values to the entire
society.
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Education:
Education is the process by which an individual acquires knowledge in order to
fit into the society, and also embracing into all the ramification of life.
Women with low education:
This includes women with no education, primary education and modern school
education.
Women with Average Education: Women with commercial or secondary
school education, ordinary diploma (OND) grade II teacher’s certificate.
Women with high Education: This include those with Nigerian
certificate of education (NCE)
Higher national diploma (HND) Advance teacher training college and
nursing/midfery certificate and university degree.
Department | Education |
Project ID Code | EDU0276 |
Chapters | 5 Chapters |
No of Pages | 38 pages |
Methodology | Null |
Reference | YES |
Format | Microsoft Word |
Price | ₦4000, $15 |
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