The Phenomenon of Gender Inequality in Access to and Equity in University Education in Nigeria

Mukoro, Akpoyovwaire Samuel

doi:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n7p129

“…The literature on equity concerns in Nigerian higher education also has a strong focus on gender. It considers the factors that impact the enrolment of women in higher education (Mukoro 2013;Oti 2013;Eraikhuemen and Oteze 2015), including the intersections between gender-related issues and other contextual concerns, such as the regional inequalities noted above (Adeyemi and Akpotu 2004). Other studies comment on the complex experiences of women students and staff within universities and the gendered nature of the university environment (Odejide, Akanji and Odekunle 2006;Imonikhe, Aluede and Idogho 2012;Oti 2013).…”

Section: Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the Literature on Higher Education and the Public Good in Africa

Howell¹

2022

JHEA

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This article presents the main outcomes of a rigorous review of literature undertaken for the project ‘Higher Education, Inequality and the Public Good: A Study in Four African Countries’, which is discussed in this special edition. We set out to review some of the literature on higher education in the four countries that were the focus of the project – Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa – and to map its conceptual and contextual focal points. The article presents and discusses the trends that emerged from this mapping exercise and, in conclusion, reflects on what some of these trends may mean for the relationship between higher education and the public good in Africa.

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“…The literature on equity concerns in Nigerian higher education also has a strong focus on gender. It considers the factors that impact the enrolment of women in higher education (Mukoro 2013;Oti 2013;Eraikhuemen and Oteze 2015), including the intersections between gender-related issues and other contextual concerns, such as the regional inequalities noted above (Adeyemi and Akpotu 2004). Other studies comment on the complex experiences of women students and staff within universities and the gendered nature of the university environment (Odejide, Akanji and Odekunle 2006;Imonikhe, Aluede and Idogho 2012;Oti 2013).…”

Section: Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%