Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy (JAEP)
Volume-2 | Issue-04 | 133-140
Original Research Article
Attitude of Nomadic Parents to Girl-Child Education in Mubi Educational Zone of Adamawa State, Nigeria: Implications for Counselling
Dr. Dorcas Oluremi FAREO, Usman Modibbo HANAFI
Published : July 30, 2018
Abstract
The study examined the attitudes of nomadic parents to girl-child education
in nomadic schools in Mubi Educational Zone. It also investigated the nature of
educational provisions for the nomads. The study employed survey research design.
The population of the study consists of all the 20 nomadic primary schools in the five
local governments in the educational zone. The sample size of 120 nomadic teachers
was chosen from ten nomadic primary schools in all the five local governments through
stratified sampling technique using class, sex and locality as strata. The research
instrument for this study titled “Attitudes of Nomadic Parents towards the Education of
Girl-Child” (ANPEG) was self-developed by the researchers. The face and content
validity of the instrument was established by two experts both in Counselling
Psychology and Test and Measurement in the Department of Science Education,
Adamawa State University Mubi. The reliability test was carried out in a nomadic
primary school in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State using test re-test
method, and the reliability coefficient was 0.89.