Adebowale, O. A and Bello, Z. O (2019) LOW PARTICIPATION OF FEMALE GENDER IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: CAUSES AND WAY FORWARD. In: 1st National Conference of WITED, Ilaro Chapter, August 13-16, 2019, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.
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Low participation of females in Science and Technology among their male counterparts for national development has been a cause of concern in Nigeria. This paper proposed the causes for low turnout and the way forward for more impactful science and technology advancement in Nigeria. Quantitative research method was adopted to properly analyze and give a clear picture of the study. Structured Questionnaire on a five point Likert scale was administered purposively to a sample of 300 female students in the school of management studies, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State. Analysis was done using descriptive and inferential approach. Results of empirical analysis indicates that peer group influence, discouraging school curriculum, culture of marginalization and poor foundation in mathematics, were found to be the major impediments to female gender low participation in Science and Technology as evidenced from the factor loadings. The identified variables were calibrated for model development using OLS approach for test of significance as respective 36%, 17.6%, and 17.1% on PGI, DSC, and PFM directly influenced female gender low participation. Significance of the model was tested using student “t” approach and were also found to be significant based on their respective p-values (0.000, 0.002, and 0.021) < α=0.05 significance level. Empirical analysis of the research study suggests that use of ICT in teaching of science and technology based courses in schools, giving career talks by successful female in Science and Technology fields and provision of gender equality in terms of job placement will increase female gender participation for technological advancement in Nigeria.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email [email protected] |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2021 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2021 15:30 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/1409 |
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