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Patricia A. O. Etejere; Felicia K. Oluwalola; Omotayo Adewale Awodiji; Amudalatu A. Sagaya – Perspectives in Education, 2023
Globally, female teachers have established careers in teaching. In Nigeria, there are more females in the teaching profession at lower levels of education than at tertiary institutions. This study examined the gender distribution rate of teachers in secondary and tertiary institutions and the factors that caused differences in gender balance at…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Secondary School Teachers, College Faculty, Occupational Aspiration
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Leslie-Walker, Anika; Mulvenna, Claire; Bramble, Oneida – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2023
This study sought to explore the motivations and challenges to the engagement of female West African university students, whilst participating in competitive and non-competitive extra-curricular sport and physical activity (ECSPA). The study was situated at a university in the North West of England that has a culturally diverse student population.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Affordances, Barriers
Emmanuel Chiedozie Osakwe – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Higher education in Nigeria is provided by institutions, such as the universities, colleges, and polytechnics in conjunction with the monotechnic (accredited by federal, state, and private institutions specialized in providing instructions on a single scientific or technical subjects, such as agriculture and related disciplines). Supervisory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Access to Education, Higher Education
Ossai, Edem Dorothy – Center for Universal Education at The Brookings Institution, 2021
This policy brief highlights ways that a gender-responsive perspective can be fully incorporated into planning, policy design, and implementation models for education in emergencies (EiE) in Nigeria, so that governments and education stakeholders can ensure that girls, like boys, can continue learning in times of crisis. The author explores how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Equal Education, Gender Bias, COVID-19
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Iwu, R. U.; Azoro, A. V. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2017
A study was carried out to ascertain the barriers to effective participation of females in surface-mount technology (SMT) in Imo State. Four purposes and four research questions guided the study. The study adopted the survey research design. The population of the study consists of all the female science students and lecturers in six tertiary…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Participation, Females, Gender Bias
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Akor, Robert; Bakar, Ab Rahim Bin; Hamzah, Azim B. Hj.; Rashid, Abdullah Bin Mat – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2014
Nigerian government is making frantic efforts to drive her economy by laying emphasis on technical and vocational education to enable her compete favorably in the global market. Emphasis of government is in Polytechnic education where skills for self-reliant and economic growth are a priority. However, women are not embracing this opportunity by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Womens Education, Womens Studies
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Olufade, Adenike Olufunke – African Educational Research Journal, 2013
Women involvements in political activities in recent times have been on the decline. Often times, women's right is denied against the provisions of the constitution and other international instruments of human rights and this does not allow them to participate in government adequately. It takes conscious political actions to address the issue of…
Descriptors: Females, Political Attitudes, Women Administrators, Foreign Countries