PERCIEVED SOCIO-ECONOMICS FACTORS OF GIRL CHILD ENROLMENT GAP IN PUBLICSECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BAUCHI STATE

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the perceived Socio-economic Factors of girl child enrolment gap in
public secondary schools in Bauchi state. Stratified random sampling was employed, secondary schools in the
state were grouped based on the two educational zones used in the state Ministry of Education, meanwhile
simple random sampling was used to select thirty (30) secondary schools, fifteen (15) secondary schools from
each zone in which four (4) teachers from selected schools serves as the respondents, these make the subject of
One Hundred and twenty (120) respondents. The instrument was given to expert in the Department of
Educational Foundations and expert in Measurements and Evaluation for their input in term of face and
content validations with two research questions.The reliability of instrument was determined using test-retest
method of determining consistency. The data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS) Mean and standard deviations were employed. Findings of the study was tolower direct cost
of education for girls by ensuring free education in reality whileexpanding the number of school places and
single sex schools to cater for those in rural areas who may not afford to live out of their homes due to
economic hard ship and finally child minding/care should not be placed hard on the girls in the family to help
them read at home paying allowances to girls from less privilege homes in schools. The recommendations of
the study were to adequate funding as with the case in formal sector should be ensured. Alongside budget
allocation, budget implementation and budget tracking should be watched and carried out by all stakeholders