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- Effect of Group Counselling on the Attitude of Nomadic Fulani Male Parents Towards Girl-Child Education in Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria
Abstract:
This study determined the effect of group counseling on the attitude of nomadic Fulani male
parents towards girl-child education in Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State,
Nigeria. Four objectives were stated and three (3) null hypotheses were tested. Quasi-
experimental design was adopted. The population comprised 139 adult male parents from the four
nomadic clans in the study area. Twelve male parents were randomly selected from each of the
four (4) nomadic clans totaling 48 nomadic male parents. Parents Attitude Towards Girl-Child
Education Scale (PATGCES) develop by Dakasku (1998) was adapted. Three (3) stages were used
in collecting the data: pre-treatment, treatment and post treatment phases. Independent t-test was
used to analyze hypotheses 1 and 2 and one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test
hypothesis 3. The results were considered at P < 0.05 level. The findings of the study showed that
group counseling had a significant effect on changing the attitude of nomadic Fulani male parents
towards girl-child education in Madagali Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Nigeria. It is
further discovered that the age of nomadic male Fulani parents and their clan differences had no
significant effect on their attitude toward Girl child education. It is recommended among others
that effective guidance and counseling programmes in schools should be introduced right from
primary school. Trained counselors should also be posted to the rural communities (nomadic) to
enlighten parents on the importance of girl-child education.