An Appraisal of Women Educational Development in Keffi Local Government Area

The right to formal education for all has been an international goal for decades; hence early 1990s is remarked by women's high attendance in the education sector in Nigeria. Several conferences including, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, held in Cairo, and lhel995 fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, placed women issues at the center of development efforts. This paper appraised women educational development in Keffi Local Government of Nasarawa State and examines the relationship between education and women development in Keffi Local Government Area. The study reviewed several literature and adopted conflict theory as theoretical framework. Based on the nature of the research, 400 questionnaires were distributed, 383 retrieved described and analyzed using Tables and simple percentage. The findings revealed that there is a relationship between education and women development as it indicate that development cannot take place without including women in education. The study further discovered that 50.1% of the total population of women in the study area participates in educational development. Furthermore, it was discovered that religion and culture are significant factor that impedes women educational development. Therefore, the paper recommends that Parents should give equal educational opportunity to children irrespective of their gender. Thus, policy makers, government and stakeholders should encourage women education and identify ways through which women could be properly involved in the economic development of their country.