Effect of the Contributions of Governmental and Non- Governmental Organizations on Bursary/Scholarship Support on Girl-Child Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This study entitled “Eflects of the Contributions of Governmental and non- government organisations on bursary/scholarship support of girl-child education in Nigeria” is an attempt to assess the level of contributions given to boost girl- child education in Nigeria through financial support in form of scholarship or bursary. The study was necessitated by the need to encourage girls’ participation in education. The study has one objective, that is to examine the contributions of governmental and non-governmental organisation in bursary/scholarship awards to support girl-child education. There is one research question and one research hypothesis. The survey research design in form of descriptive method was used to conduct the study covering twelve states from the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The population of the study comprised of girl-child, parents, principals, oflicials of ministry of Education, international agencies officials and non-governmental organisations. In all, the population size was 670,812 while NGOs, oflicials of ministries of education and international agency oflicials were 60 respectively. A questionnaire of 77 items was administered to the respondents. The descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation (SD) were used to respond to the research questions, while inferential statistics — Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypothesis at P 0.05. the outcome of the hypothesis testing that showed that the hypothesis was rejected. Therefore, Scheffe’s multiple comparisons and post hoc test was used to find out where the respondents differ in their opinions on the items of the questionnaire. The findings revealed that, financial support provided for the girl child through scholarship/bursary allowance was not adequate to cover the overall needs of the girl child in school because of her peculiar nature. The researchers recommend that both governmental and non-governmental organisations should give full scholarship to girls with outstanding performance in order to enable them complete their education career.