JOURNAL OF LIAONING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
(NATURAL SCIENCE EDITION)
LIAONING GONGCHENG JISHU DAXUE XUEBAO (ZIRAN KEXUE BAN)
辽宁工程技术大学学报(自然科学版)
IMPROVING MARITAL STABILITY THROUGH GIRL-CHILD EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Fasiku, Adesola Mercy
Abstract
This study looks at how Social Studies Education can help achieve to marital stability by Educating Girls from an early age. When it comes to preparing a child for the challenges that lie ahead, Education holds a unique place as a fundamental necessity for human growth. Therefore, the objectives of this study is to highlight the fact that educating our girls would undoubtedly equip them to be successful managers as they apply the skills and knowledge they have learnt in the school. This study emphasizes the importance of Social Studies Education as a problem-solving subject and a program of study that the society uses to instill in students’ knowledge, skills, attitude, and action considered relevant in human relationships. The expansion of the Social Studies Education curriculum to include Girl-Child Education comprehensively will, in turn, prepare a fertile ground that will assist them in attenuating the wave of discrimination against women; it will also help them to acquire more knowledge that will make them responsible in the future. The study looks at the connection between married stability and schooling for Girls-Child. The study employed thematic methodologies and provided clarity on certain related themes. In order to establish Gender equality in Education, the study suggests that all forms of discrimination against Girls should be eliminated and that everyone's right to an Education should be granted with the expected enforcement of Social Studies Education. Furthermore, when the goals of Social Studies Education are realized, it has to be mandated at all Educational levels across the nation, that the girl child should receive an Education in order to build future marital stability.
Keywords: Girl-Child, Education, Social Studies Education, Marital Stability, Gender equality, Empowerment.