1.3. PROBLEM STATEMENT
There are low rates of enrollment, retention and completion of female students in the Science and technology education in the Marampa, Port Loko District due to CFS, EFS and lack of self-efficacy among JSS to SSS female students.
The CFS include lack of qualified science Teachers, lack of equipped science laboratories, lack of teaching and learning materials with Examination malpractices in the science subjects.
The EFS are poverty, sexual harassment, early marriages, teenage pregnancies, distance, cultural beliefs and practices, lack of access to Healthcare services, Food and adequate drinking water and environmental sanitation.
The lack of self-efficacy is natural and could be nurtured by the environment of the female …show more content…
1.8. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study on the girl child science education is important because it will help to widen the knowledge of the Readers in the public and private sector
The study is a source of knowledge that will be analyzed and critiqued by Academics to get pertinent information that could be used to change the knowledge required by future generations in and out of the Academic field. Science-Education makes girls-education to be more functional, wherein girls will use their Brains, Hearts, and Hands skillfully to attain equitable and sustainable development.
This study is related to the poverty reduction paper (111) referred to as Agenda for Prosperity(AFP) which entails eight pillars that are focused on poverty reduction strategies to move Sierra Leone from Low to a middle-income country. The third and eight pillars are focused on the accelerating of human development and Gender women's empowerment which are the development and policy issues that, this study is trying to address through the examination of the factors that affect the girl child science-education, a branch of education that will enhance human development and contribute to the elimination of Gender inequality, inequity, vulnerability and poverty in girls and …show more content…
The study will guide Government and stakeholders on how to allocate resources in their various communities that will improve the girl child science-education to enhance inclusive, transformative, equitable and quality education. Academics will use it as a reference material to upgrade or expand on any study that is pertaining to the girl child science-education.
The study will contribute to policy makings that will empower girls and women to own property, have rights to science-education. It will contribute to social Justice that will prevent the frequent occurrences of gender-based violence. It will provide knowledge to girls and women about the effects of sexual harassment, early marriages, teenage pregnancies and sexual harassment on the girl child science-education, and know the right to, when and how to marry, and have children.
The improvement in the girls’ science education will contribute to the human resource development of both girls and women, which will enhance their social, economic and environmental