ABSTRACT Rwanda has made enormous strides forward in improving access of boys and girls to education at all levels, and in promoting gender equality within the education system. There have been extensive studies on differential education opportunities among genders. King and Hill examined the barriers to women’s education in developing countries, and conclude that despite the decrease in the gender gap, girls still receive less education than boys (King and Hill, 1993). There is also discrimination and segregation in the labour market, which pushes women to select certain professions and get training for them. Yet girl students continue to lag behind in educational achievement and access, particularly at the secondary and tertiary levels, where girls’ enrolment, completion and achievement rates are lower. After understanding the problem still existing in Education For All, a researcher has conducted a research to the topic of this study was to assess the Gui, child education in Rwanda with the objectives of evaluating the opportunities given to the boys’ and girlst education, identifying the factors that affects girls’ education and identifying strategies for eliminating gender disparities in education. The researcher employed a descriptive survey method. It involved both qualitative and quantitative data collection, but much the research was qualitative. Results from the findings show that the opportunities given to the girls are still low considered to the boys’ education opportunities. Concerning the factors affecting girls’ education, some of them still exist, like different games to boys and girls at school and like laughing the girls who are in menstruation period. It is recommended that, the parents and all people concern to girl’s education should equalize all children and send their boys and their girls to school. They are also asked to satisfy all the needs of girl’s education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
DECLARATION A
DECLARATION B II
APPROVAL SHEET m
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IV
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS V
TABLE OF CONTENTS VI
LIST OF TABLES Ix
LIST OF FIGURES XI
ABSTRACT XIII
CHAPTER
One THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE
Background of the Study 1
Statement of the Problem 5
Purpose of the study 6
Research Objectives 6
Research Questions 6
Identifying variables 6
Significance of Study 7
Operational Definition of Key Terms 7
Two LITERATURE REVIEW
Introduction 8
Theoretical Perspectives 9
Conceptual Framework 10
Related Studies 11
Factors Affecting GirlsT Education 15
The reasons of girls and boys inequalities to education 19
Comparison of girls’ and boys’ education 21
Teachers’ behavior and the Academic Performance of Students 21
Teachers’ Professional Qualification and Academic Performance of
Students 22
Strategies for eliminating gender disparities in education 23
Peace and Reconciliation 24
Private Sector Involvement 24
The need to generate support for educational interventions 26
The need for coordination shall be established and supported.... 27
Three METHODOLOGY
Research Design 29
Population of the Study 29
Sample and Sampling Procedures 29
Sample size 30
Instrumentation and data collection 30
Data Quality Control 31
Validity of the Instruments 31
Reliability of Instruments 32
Data Analysis .34
Ethical Considerations 35
Limitations of the Study 35
Four PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction 36
Boy and girl’s opportunities to education 36
Elimination of Gender Disparities 49
Five DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Introduction 60
Discussion of the findings 60
Conclusion 63
Recommendations 64
REFEF~.ENCES ~ 67
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Appendix 1: Transmittal Letter 73
Appendix 2: Questionnaire for Teachers, Parents, Students and for
Headmasters on Assessment of Girl, Child Education 74
Appendix 3: Computation of the CVI 78
Appendix 4: Sample size (s) required for the given population size (N) by
(Amin, 2005) 79
Appendix 5: Curriculum vitae 81
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