Right of a child to free‚ compulsory and universal primary education— Section 2 (15) of the Child Rights Act signed by 16 states in Nigeria) “Any woman who is married shall be deemed to be of full age.” — Section 29 (4b) of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution. Social media was awash last weekend with news that the Senate had signed a ‘child marriage act’ into law‚ legalizing marriage for girls under the age of 18. Although lawmakers have corrected this notion‚ saying that the section stated above only
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opponent is of the opinion that the education of the girl child of the family is a burden. I strongly oppose the motion. May I ask how can educating the girl child‚ who is an equal partner in sharing the responsibilities and duties‚ be a burden? She will be sharing the burden and reducing its impact by supplementing the resources rather than reducing them. Let me draw your attention to the fact that such notions are a thing of the past. If the boys and girls are to be treated as equals‚ then
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r GIRLS EDUCATION Education of Girls: Even after fifty-five years of independence of India‚ girls in India do not have the opportunities to educate themselves‚ in spite of education being fundamental rights in the constitution of India. Mann Deshi Mahila Bank (women Bank) and Mann Vikas Samajik Sanstha (NGO) consider their primary task to work on education of girls. If women have assets and are educated they would never be vulnerable as they are today. Women’s bank and NGO have annual meeting
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ENTREPREUESHIP EDUCATION : A PANACEA FOR NATIONALN SECURITY Introduction Nigeria is a developing nation categorized as one of the poorest countries in the world with many of her citizens living below the poverty line. Problems facing the country range from unemployment‚ poverty‚ conflict‚ national insecurity and diseases. The potential for rapid economic growth and development is very high in Nigeria because of the rich human and material resources. However‚ the economic performance of the country
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Overcoming Challenges of Girl-Child Education By Kale Abba Education has been variously described‚ including the analogy that likened education to the description of the elephant by the blind man. This means education can be seen from different perspectives. Nonetheless‚ education is what one experience from the cradle to the grave. That is what you learn and experience from birth to death. Education is a fundamental right for girls and fulfilling this basic right is the only way to realize other
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Chapter 4 DETERMINANTS All Mathematical truths are relative and conditional. — C.P. STEINMETZ 4.1 Introduction In the previous chapter‚ we have studied about matrices and algebra of matrices. We have also learnt that a system of algebraic equations can be expressed in the form of matrices. This means‚ a system of linear equations like a1 x + b1 y = c 1 a2 x + b2 y = c 2 ⎡ a b ⎤ ⎡ x ⎤ ⎡c ⎤ can be represented as ⎢ 1 1 ⎥ ⎢ ⎥ = ⎢ 1 ⎥ . Now‚ this ⎣ a2 b2 ⎦ ⎣ y ⎦ ⎣ c2 ⎦ system of equations
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Girls education in India The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. From the advent of the human species‚ with or without schools‚ one keeps on taking education in some or the other way. It is one the basic necessities to be educated for human‚ as world out there is full of competition‚ where one needs certain amount of skills to survive and be a threat
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Education of a child starts from the family and mother is the first teacher. But‚ the irony in India is that although the deity of education is a female i.e. Goddess Saraswati according to the Hinduism‚ innumerable number of women are illiterate. They are not remaining uneducated by their own wish but they are being forbidden from receiving education because of the patriarchal families in our society. In most of the families the birth of a girl child is not desired and if accepted they are thought
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Education in Nigeria Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Ministry of Education. And the local authorities take responsibility for implementing policy for state-controlled public education and state schools at a regional level. The education system is divided into Kindergarten‚ primary education‚ secondary education and tertiary education. Primary education Primary education‚ Yoruba‚ and Igbo. Private schools would also offer Computer science‚ French‚ and Fine Arts. Primary school students
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Factors Influencing Education in Northern Nigeria Introduction The aim of every country in establishing the quality education starts in the availability for all. A well developed country promise much more of the other countries can promise in terms of quality education. Sometimes‚ the countries that have a good quality of education usually serve better opportunities. On the other hand‚ the developing countries are still on planning to catch up with the other successful countries. This
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