Challenges Faced by Women Attending Continuing Education in North-West Nigeria

Abstract

The paper discuss the meaning and origin of continuing Education and highlighting the challenges Faced by Women Attending Continuing Education in North-West Nigeria, Continuing education is meant for those who had left early the formal school system. It is aimed at helping these sets of people to continue their education in a less rigid formation than what formal school system provides, and probably help them to go further In Nigeria presently, the practice of continuing education has been broadened to include the provision of educational activities that will meet the needs of illiterates, the drop-out. The underprivileged. Educationally disadvantaged, oppressed, the unnerved different categories of professionals, the down-trodden and the backwards. Thus, continuing education offers a wide range of training or education meeting needs of all shades of people. It therefore serves as the best means or instrument of democratizing education or equalizing access to education irrespective of age sex or social affiliation. Women education faced the following challenges even as they continuing the Education: Cost of schooling Marital instability, Children/husband, Gender discrimination, Conflict and crisis, Class struggle, Cultural and religious Imitations, Povertty, Illiteracy. The paper suggested among other that other obstacles, like social cost to education, personal interest and commitment to education distance-related barriers to education, re-entry policies for young mothers, and hygiene management in schools.