Community-Based Radio towards Effective Girl-Child Education in Kumbungu District
Journal Title: International Journal of Social Science And Human Research - Year 2022, Vol 5, Issue 12
Abstract
Girl-child is a biological female offspring from birth to eighteen (18) years of (Offorma, 2009). Girls’ education is also about ensuring that girls learn and feel safe while in school; complete all levels of education with the skills to effectively compete in the labor market; learn the socio-emotional and life skills necessary to navigate and adapt to a changing world; make decisions about their own lives and contribute to their communities and the world (Tembon & Fort, 2008). Community radio is a radio of the people by the people and for the people which need to broadcast developmental programs. Community radio should be able to broadcast educational related programs like youth speak up, especially with respect to Girl-child education. This will help change the perception of the local people about educating the girl-child. It is within this perspective that, community radio can be used as a tool towards enhancing Girl-child education towards an ameliorated national development within Kumbungu District using the Mixed Method Approach (Quantitative and Qualitative methods), and informants’ interviews and; Semi-structured questionnaires for household interviews to assess how community-based radio can be used to bring about effective Girl-Child education. The study also used both secondary and primary data with the help of self-administered questionnaire. 150 respondents were interviewed within 5 communities in the study area using both simple random and purposive sampling. It was realized that, there was least participation of members in programing within the study area. It was also found that factors such as age, marital status, and community radio influence, perception of Girl-Child education and program influenced were independent variables that influenced effective radio programs listening towards Girl-Child education.
Authors and Affiliations
Stephen Oppong, Jasper Ayelazuno, Lois L. Dukper, Gloria Bore-shi Saaka, Nuhu Hakim, Iddrisu Aisha, Christine Ekor, Felix Nyanney, Inusah Tahidu, Gifty Nkansah, Hannah Hwintimatse Abugri, Andy Anim
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP712134
- DOI 10.47191/ijsshr/v5-i12-36
- Views 98
- Downloads 0
Reconstruction of Criminal Actions of Negligence in Criminal Law Based on Justice Values
The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia article 1 paragraph (3) states “The State of Indonesia is a State of Law”. Indonesia is a country based on law, so it is only fitting that the law be made supremacist, w...
Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study in Samar, Philippines
Violence against women appear to be one of the country’s pervasive problems. According to the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey conducted by the Philippine Statistics Authority, one in every four Filipino women...
Cognitive Metaphors in Vi Thuy Linh’s Poems
The purpose of this study is to examine cognitive metaphors in Vi Thuy Linh's poetry to see the new and reckless poetic thinking as well as the concepts in her poetry. The linguistic description method; context analyzati...
Parent-Child Communication and Communication Media for New Students of IPB University
Being a new student and living far from parents may be the choice of some children. Thus, communication between parents and children should be maintained to support children who are new students, especially at IPB Univer...
Key Problems of English Lexicology in Higher Education Institution
The article is devoted to the main problems faced by students of philology in the study of English lexicology. In the university course lexicology is considered as a branch of linguistics that has its own goals and metho...