INFLUENCE OF SOCIO-CULTURAL FACTORS AND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS ON THE ENROLMENT OF GIRL CHILD EDUCATION IN ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study explored the ‘Influence of socio-cultural factors and security preparedness on the enrolment of girl child education in Zamfara State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to assess the influence of socio-cultural factors and security preparedness on the enrolment of Girl Child Education among Senior Secondary Schools in Zamfara State. Two research questions and two research hypotheses were raised in line with the objectives. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was 5,530 respondents. This consists of 28 Principals, 5,130 Teachers and 200 School Based Management Committee (SBMC) Officials from Secondary Schools in Zamfara State. A sample of 357 respondents was used for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample for the study. A self-designed questionnaire was used for the study. Mean scores and standard deviation were used to answered the research questions while One-Way-Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test all the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that socio cultural factors and security preparedness influences the enrollment of Girl-Child Education through their decision making, role they play, attitude and experiences in Senior Secondary Schools in Zamfara State. The study recommends that adequate security preparedness by the community and government should be improved in Senior Secondary Schools in Zamfara State.

DOI:             https://doie.org/10.10318/SER.2026328383