,In Nigeria, there are large gender disparity between the education that which boys and girls receive. Many girls do not have access to adequate education past a certain age. In 2010, the female adult literacy rate (ages 15 and above) for Nigeria was 59.4% in comparison to the male adult literacy rate of 74.4%.as in most African countries, girls’ school attendance is low, as records have shown that fewer girls go to school than boys. Despite the provisions of the Universal Basic Education Act and the Child Rights Act …
Many factors were examined. The result of the findings revealed that those factors such as Peer in fluence, quest for money and material things, unfriendly situation of school , effect of social media, low level of understanding of sex education and violence against girls are responsible for poor enrolment or high level of out of school girl in schools. Based on the findings, some recommendations were made among which are: there is need for effective policy by governments enacting the laws that can protect the dignity of the girl child in the society. There is need for quality assuring standard of educa tion by ministry of education. This is to monitor the number of girl child in school and find out why any of them fails to come. Governments should develop school curriculum that will involve sex education. This will help the students or adolescents to bui ld positive self – esteem and body image.
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