Benue State University, Makurdi

RURAL DWELLERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD FEMALE EDUCATION IN TARABA STATE.

Aboho Rachael Mnguember PhD, Prof. Linus I. Zaria and Prof. David Amokaha Aboho

Abstract

This work investigated rural dwellers’ attitude toward female education in Taraba State. The research work adopted a descriptive survey design. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The sample of the study consisted of 450 rural dwellers drawn from the three education zones, A, B and C of Taraba State using multiple-stage sampling technique. A Demographic Analysis of Rural Dwellers Attitude towards Female Education Questionnaire (DARDATFEQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two experts in Measurement and Evaluation and one in Curriculum and Instruction. The instrument was trial-tested and data collected yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.88 when subjected to Cronbach alpha’s reliability statistics. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while the hypotheses were tested using t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study revealed that literate rural dweller have more positive attitudes towards female education than those that are illiterate, male rural dwellers have more positive attitudes towards female education than those that are illiterate, male rural dweller have more positive attitudes toward female education than female, rural dwellers with high socio-economic status and cultural practical have more positive attitudes towards female education than those with lower socio-economic status and cultural practices of the rural dwellers have no significant impact on female education in Taraba State. Based on the findings from the study it is recommended that rural dwellers, irrespective of their educational background, gender and socio-economic status, should endeavour to send their female children to school in order to meet the modern trends in the larger society.

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