Western Education in Northern Nigeria: A History of Muslim Female Education in Ilorin Emirate, 1914-1984
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2017
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Department of Religion and Philosophy, University of Jos.
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The issue of female education did not receive adequate attention since the colonial period. Despite the introduction of Western Education by the British Government, the level of female education in the region was not encouraging. This was as a result of the fact that the motive of introducing western education was to train the sons of the Emirs at the expense of the female folk. The female did not form part of the experiment team at that period. This might not be unconnected with socio-cultural nature of the area especially Ilorin. In Ilorin, not much effort was made to ensure that women folk were enrolled for western education. Therefore, this paper makes use of both primary and secondary sources to examine the development of Muslim Female Education in Ilorin Emirate between 1914 and 1984. This becomes necessary to highlight the perceptions, problems and trends of Muslim women educations in Ilorin. It touches on the bandwagon effect, the delay in the embrace of Western education in Northern Nigeria on Ilorin. However, women education becomes crucial for viable socio-political and economic development because any state that fails to give proper attention to female education would fail to get to the level of statehood.
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Eliasu, Y. (2017): Western Education in Northern Nigeria: A History of Muslim Female Education in Ilorin Emirate, 1914-1984. Journal of University Scholars in Religions (JUSREL) (7), 173-181