INFLUENCE OF PARENTS CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ON GIRL- CHILD EDUCATION IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, EDO STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study is aim at investigating influence of parents cultural and religious beliefs on Girl-Child Beliefs on Girl-Child Education in Government Secondary School in Egor Local Government, Edo State, Nigeria. The population of the study is 7, 500 respondents, while the sample size was 500. The Krejcie and Morgan sample table was used to determine the sample size of the study. The research instrument used for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, such as frequency count, mean and standard deviation. Based on the analysis of the data, the following findings were made that parents' religious convictions have some degree of effect on how well the girl child is educated. Parents' cultural ideas have impact on the education of girl-child. Addition, is making education compulsory for the girl-child to acquire learning, permitting more females to hold chose office, and sloping up mindfulness programmes are strategies to improve the cultural and religious beliefs on girl child education in Egor local government area of Edo State. The study recommends that girls should be encouraged to get at least a basic education by their parents so that they can become independent and have a better future.