Issues in Girl-Child Education in Nigeria: Implications for Library and Information support
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Girl-child education has become a matter of concern to
stakeholders in Nigeria. This study examines the
concept of and crucial issues in girl-child education. It
identifies socio-cultural patterns, religious
misconceptions, poverty, teenage pregnancy and early
marriage amongst others as factors militating against
the girl-child education. The paper advocates that
public and school libraries must begin to play relevant
roles and contribute to the eradication of
discriminations against women. It outlines the roles
public and school libraries must play in order to
improve girl-child enrollment in school as well as
reduce school drop-out. In order to effectively play
their roles, the study suggests that libraries should
source for funds from external agencies rather than
depend only on their parent
institutions/organizations
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Z665 Library Science. Information Science