TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF ABBREVIATION
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.4 Research Questions
1.5 Research Hypotheses
1.6 Significance of the Study
1.7 Scope of the Study
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Theoretical Framework
2.3 Concept of Social Studies Education
2.4 General Aims and Goals of Social Studies Education Programme
2.5 History and Traditions of Social Studies Education in Nigeria
2.6 Women and Higher Education in Africa
2.6.2 History of Higher Education in Africa
2.6.3 Transformation of African Higher Education: Integration of Women
2.6.4 Millennium Development Goal 3
2.6.5 Challenges for African higher education transformation
2.6.6 Women‟s Role in Higher Education Development in Africa
2.7 Higher education in Nigeria
2.8 Women‟s Academic Performance in Higher Education
2.9 Gender and Culture
2.9.1 Understanding Culture from a Gender Standpoint
2.9.2 The rhetoric of culture and the experience of culture
2.10 Historical and Political Accounts of Culture in Nigeria
2.11 Cultural practices in Nigeria
2.11.2 Types of cultural practice
2.11.3 Other cultural practices
2.11.3.1 40 days stay at home for post-natal women
2.11.3.2 Widowhood practices
2.11.3.3 Wife inheritance practice
2.11.3.4 Wife Batening /Beating
2.11.4 Marriage in Nigeria
2.11.5 Feminised domestication
2.12 Review of Related Empirical Studies
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research Design
3.3 Population
3.4 Sample and Sampling Procedure
3.5 Instrumentation
3.5.1 Validity of the Instrument
3.5.2 Reliability of the Instrument
3.6 Data Collection Procedure
3.7 Statistical Analysis Procedure
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Presentation of Bio-data variables
4.3 Answering Research Questions
4.4 Test of Research Hypotheses
4.5 Summary of Major Findings
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Summary
5.3 Conclusions
5.4 Recommendations
5.5 Contributions to Knowledge
5.6 Suggestions for Further Studies
REFERENCES:
APPENDIX
ABSTRACT
The study titled Assessment of Influence of Domestic Responsibilities on Married Female
NCE Social Studies Students‟ Academic Success in Kano State. The study used survey research design and 370 out of the total number of 1315 married and unmarried female social studies students of NCE from Federal College of Education, Kano and Sa‟adatu Rimi
College of Education-Kumbotso, Kano were used as sample in the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample and. A questionnaire titledDomestic Responsibilities and Married Female Students Academic Achievement Questionnaire (DRAMFESAQ)was used as data collection instrument. The study answered three (3) research questions and tested three (3) null hypotheses. The data analysis tools were percentage and frequency counts, mean and standard deviation and independent t-test. All hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha. The study revealed that On the basis of study level among the NCE students, both NCEII and NCEIII students agreed that domestic responsibilities influence the academic successes of married female students in social studies in the two Colleges of Education surveyed.In addition, both FCE and SRCOE students affirmed that domestic responsibilities affect academic successes of married female students in social studies in the study area.Similarly, both married and unmarried students concurred that domestic responsibilities influence the academic successes of married female students in social studies in the study area. It is based on the above that it can be concluded that domestic responsibilities influence the academic successes of married female social studies students in Colleges of Education, Kano state-Nigeria. In the light of the above, the study recommends the need forgender re-education, Provision for supportive educational environment, Provision for legal protection for women, the need to encourage progressive tutorial programmes for social studies married female students, and the need to create “female-friendly” participatory learning environment in social studies department, among others.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
Human capital enhancement is a critical element of National development. Therefore, women participation in tertiary institution plays an important role in the development of societal infrastructure in developing countries like Nigeria. Although strong negative correlation between women domestic responsibilities and educational achievement or attainment has been established less attention has been paid to the effect of married women domestic work on their schooling especially in this part of the world.The Federal Republic of Nigeria (2010) refers to higher education as education offeredat the tertiary level. In this study, higher education in Nigeria refers to institutions that arepost secondary and offer qualifications such as diplomas, bachelor‟s degrees andpostgraduate degrees such as masters and doctorates. From a global perspective,economic, social and political development is increasingly being driven by theadvancement and application of knowledge, which is anchored, powered, propelled anddetermined largely by the type of higher education found in a country. Higher educationin particular is fundamental to the construction of a knowledge economy and society inall nations (World Bank, 2002). On account of this, higher education for womenshould be a critical aspect of national interest, especially in the context of accessibility,enrolment and academic performance
The population of the world is estimated to be 6.8 billion (Population Reference Bureau,2009). Women constitute more than half of this number and more than 70 per cent ofthem are illiterate and poor (Haese and Kirsten, 2006). The ones who are.....
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