INFLUENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE ON FEMALE PUPILS’ EDUCATION ASPERCEIVED BY MARRIED MUSLIMTEACHERS IN UPPER BASIC SCHOOLS IN ILORIN, KWARA STATE

Abstract

Education has been described as the most important aspect of human development and a key to a successful living. Female pupils’ education is to equip girls who later grow up to women with the knowledge, abilities and mental powers with which they will be useful to themselves, the family and the society. Against this background, the study examined the influence of early marriage on female pupils’ education as perceived by married Muslim teachers in Upper Basic Schools in Ilorin, Kwara State. The variables considered are gender and educational attainment. This study adopted descriptive research method; purposive sampling technique was used to sample three hundred (300) Upper Basic married Muslim teachers in Ilorin, Kwara State. The researcher-designed questionnaire was used for data collection. t-test and One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the two hypotheses. The result revealed that there was a significance influence of early marriage on female pupils’ education as perceived by married Muslim teachers in Upper Basic Schools in Ilorin, Kwara State based on gender and educational attainment.  Based on these findings, it was concluded that early marriage has significant influence on female pupils’ education as perceived by married Muslim teachers in Upper Basic Schools, it was recommended that parent should be orientate on the important of female pupils’ education to the family and the society in general and government should improve access to education and eliminating gender gaps in education.