Literacy Education as a Tool for Empowering Women In Asa Local Government Area Kwara State, Nigeria
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2016-12
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Journal of Capital Development in Behavioural Sciences apa
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The paper examined the issue of literacy as a tool for empowering women in Asa Local Government area of Kwara State. The paper was premised on
the fact that when women are literate, they will be more active in their various communities. Their voices will be heard as opposed to their faces
being seen and this will instill in them the confidence to make progress in their daily living. The study made use of descriptive survey design, with 211
non-literates women randomly selected as sample within the local government. A 10 item questionnaire was designed to elicit responses on
literacy education and empowerment. The data collected were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical test at 0.05 level of significance. The
study discovered that literacy is a tool for fighting poverty, hunger diseases, and ignorance and when all these are fought, an average woman becomes
empowered to participate actively in issues of development in her home and community. The study, therefore, recommended that women should be encou
raged to enroll for literacy education programme while, governments at all levels should make efforts to fund literacy programme.
Keywords: Literacy education, women empowerment,
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The paper examined the issue of literacy as a tool for empowering women in Asa Local Government area of Kwara State. The paper was premised on the fact that when women are literate, they will be more active in their various communities. Their voices will be heard as opposed to their faces being seen and this will instill in them the confidence to make progress in their daily living. The study made use of descriptive survey design, with 211 non-literates women randomly selected as sample within the local government. A 10 item questionnaire was designed to elicit responses on literacy education and empowerment. The data collected were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical test at 0.05 level of significance. The study discovered that literacy is a tool for fighting poverty, hunger diseases, and ignorance and when all these are fought, an average woman becomes empowered to participate actively in issues of development in her home and community. The study, therefore, recommended that women should be encouraged to enroll for literacy education programme while, governments at all levels should make efforts to fund literacy programme. Keywords: Literacy education, women empowerment
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