Accessibility to Education and Gender Equality in Nigeria Education .

Abstract Both males and females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated. Looking at the Nigerian schools today, although it may seem we have a high enrolment of females, more of them are enrolled at the lower levels of education and a lot of them do not go further than the primary secondary levels of education, especially in the rural areas. This points to the fact that educating the girl child up to tertiary level particularly, in the rural areas, has not been embraced fully by everyone in society Perhaps, this is so because of the mindset or social philosophy of parentoguardians and the society in which they live, this is worrisome. Therefore, the researchers looked at the concept of gender and equity in education and some constraints to equal access to tertiary education in Nigeria. The researchers also reviewed some related literature of other researchers and qualitative analysis was carried out. Equity theory was used to guide this research. It was concluded that gender equity is an issue that affects every society, including Nigeria, therefore, it should be taken seriously and looked into in order to either minimize or eliminate if from society. The millennium development program, sustainable development goals and the United Nations Development Goals are all of the notion that women's full and equal representation and participation in all levels of peace, process, security efforts and education should be encouraged. It was recommended amongst others that all stakeholders in the educational sector should ensure that both males and females have equal and fair opportunities to tertiary education.