International Journal of General Studies Education (JOGSE) is a publication from the School of General Studies Education, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria.
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GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IMPLICATION ON THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY
The study investigated gender inequality in the teaching and learning of English Language. The population consists of secondary school students in Afijio Local Government Area, Oyo State. Proportionate random sampling technique was used to select thirty students each from five (5) schools to make one hundred and fifty (150) students as sample for the study. A self structured validated questionnaire was used as a research instrument. Five (5) research questions guided the study and the analysis was done using simple frequency and standard deviation. They result of the study revealed that government has seen gender inequality in English Language as problem. Also, parental attitude has significant relationship with the problem of gender inequality in English Language and there is no significant relationship with the perception of urban men and rural men towards the English Language of the female gender since they differ in their perception of the female folk. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that there is the need to embark on a more serious and rigorous enlightenment drive to encourage the female gender to take active participation in various English Language programs available to them or specially designed for them.