EDUCATION AND GENDERED ROLES IN POST- ADJUSTMENT IGBO SOCIETY
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The impact of Igbo lost the 1967-70 making Biafra-Nigeria war was of collective punishment of the
Igbo through the policy of marginalization and exclusion. This strategy of disempowerment imposed a
heavy price on the Igbo attitude to education. The frustrations of the educated Igbo males to find
accommodation in the formal sector of Nigerian economy pushed them into the informal sector for
survival and social mobility. For Igbo men, investment in education was seen as a waste leaving it for
female folks. But post-adjustment neo-liberalization of the Nigerian economy and the consequent
retreat of the state altered the dynamics that created a level playing field for job competition, thus
creating room for the empowerment of Igbo women by the virtue of their educational attainment. The
paper examines these changing dynamics of gender roles of Igbo society arising from these changes
in the structure of Nigerian economy. It employed a multiple method of data collection including
documented materials and surveys which was analyzed using descriptive analysis to arrive at the
finding that changes in gendered access to education among the Igbo society has altered the
traditional Igbo gendered role.
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H Social Sciences (General), JA Political science (General), JC Political theory