Education, Gender, and Child-Rights: Salient Issues in SDGS Years in ADO-ODO/OTA Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria
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Promoting and improving quality education is one of the core missions of the United Nations at ensuring
sustainable future; hence, the slogan: Change towards a better quality of life starts with education. This
paper examined the place of education, gender and child rights within the current status of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) in Ado-Odo/Ota local government of Ogun State, Nigeria. Questionnaire and
interviews were used as instruments of data collection. School children between ages 7 and 18 in both
private and public schools formed the study population. A sample size, 1000 respondents, was drawn
from the population out of which 976 responded effectively to the questions. The findings revealed that
education and child rights remain in a precarious state in the local government. There was a limited
awareness about child rights among children in primary schools and secondary schools; teaching materials
and instructors were grossly inadequate in many of the schools sampled and basic needs such as
water and electricity were unavailable. It was also observed that the number of enrolled male children in
schools is 24% higher than the females. These challenges should be put into consideration when formulating
policies for education in developing countries. There is therefore the need to prioritize education,
especially female education, as well as child rights in general in the local government through adequate
funding, investment in teachers and creation of awareness about the rights of the child.
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H Social Sciences (General), LB1501 Primary Education, LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools, PE English