Education in Nigeria and the world over is a vital tool for technological and economic advancement. The Nigerian government in view of this made formal education compulsory for all her citizens. However, the girl-child faces a number of challenges in obtaining the supposed compulsory education. The study investigated some socio-economic barriers to attaining formal education by the Nigerian child-girl. The study employed a descriptive survey design with a total of two-hundred (200) secondary school teachers randomly selected from four Local Government Areas in Ibadan Metropolis. A self-designed scale tagged Socio-economic Barriers of Girl-Child Access to Education Scale (SBGAES) was used in collecting data for the study. The three null hypotheses stated in the study were subjected to t-test statistical analysis at 0.05 significant level. The findings revealed that no significant differences existed in the perceptions of male and female teachers (1.66 < 1.96), old and young teachers (1.74 < 1.96) and significant difference exists in the perceptions of highly educated and moderately educated teachers (2.3 >1.96). It was recommended that the Nigerian government should enact a law banning child-marriages, which keeps children out of school.
Socio-Economic Barriers, Girl-Child Education, Vision 20:20:20
