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THE EFFECT OF WOMEN EDUCATION ON PARTICIPATION IN OGONI LAND

Chapter one

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

Education is a foundation on which the potentials of society’s members are harnessed for self-fulfilment and social growth all over the world. This may explain why, in the twenty-first century, various countries have linked their political ideology, social investment programs, population, and economic strategies to formal education systems.

Education is portrayed as a powerful tool for sociocultural, economic, and technological growth in both the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Education is a powerful tool in the struggle against poverty, disease, and ignorance (Nwanna-Nzewunwa, 2010). According to Alam and Nasir (2016), education has a direct impact on economic involvement, child mobility, fertility, and individual health. Education does more than help people realise their full intellectual potential.

Instead, it promotes their emotional, moral, social, psychological, and physical growth (Diene, 2012). Education’s goals include more than just developing reading and numeracy skills.

It provides people with skills for lifelong learning that extend beyond specialised expertise and jobs. It equips members of society (men and women, boys and girls) with the necessary abilities to handle present and future local and global social concerns.

As a result, according to Okeke (2016), the school provides a space for children to socialise informally and participate in a variety of social situations while being supervised by professionals.

According to Ogbondah (2016), education is the process of cultural transmission or socialisation that prepares a person for adulthood in society.

As society evolves and becomes more complicated, education is continually tailored to fit people’s current and future needs. As a result, the National Policy on Education asserts that education maximises an individual’s creative potential and capacities for personal fulfilment and societal advancement.

Education is a crucial component of national development and the most effective means of developing the entire individual. In this paper, women are defined as females who are mature enough to manage their own finances, responsible enough to contribute to self-reliance, development, and creativity, and capable of becoming agents of social, economic, and cultural change, thereby contributing to national and sustainable development.

Sustainability is a practice that ensures that natural and human resources are appropriately used, allowing the productive cycle to continue indefinitely.

Sustainable development is defined as the process of developing a wide range of opportunities so that individuals can reach their potential goals and aspirations without diminishing natural resources for future generations.

According to the Brundtland Report, as cited by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD, 2013), sustainable development is defined as development that fulfils present needs while preserving future generations’ ability to meet their own needs.

The government, businesses, individuals, groups, civil society, and citizens all play essential roles in a country’s development.