Economic Implication on Girl - child Education - A Case Study of Ghana ( Berekum District)

B.Ed. Bismark Owusu

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

The study was about economic implication on girl - child education - a case study of ghana ( berekum district). In conducting the reserach , a sample size of 130 was selected using the purposive sampling technique. The instrument used in collecting the data were questionnaire. Percentage distribution tables were adopted to analysis the data. The study established that data gathered and analyzed indicated that females are economically disadvantage or inactive as a result of multiplicity of factors such as females playing roles as dominant homemakers, females being denied the opportunity to access formal education, females being seen as secondary citizens to males and hence being relegated to the background in all aspects of the Ghanaian community and females not being allowed to own and use land for economic activities in most Ghanaian communities. According to the study's findings, the researcher concluded that encouraging income-generating activities, particularly among women, would enable them to support their female children's education. The proportion of females enrolled in school will increase with the implementation of Free Compulsory Universal Education and the quota system for tertiary entry.

Keywords

Education, Economic Development, Girl child, Contribution, Economic impact, Gender Inequality

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 4. 4. 2023

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 29. 5. 2023
• Vedoucí: Ing. Jiří Čermák, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Jiří Kchimel, externi

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program:
Economics and Management