Abstract:
The study investigated the effects of attitudes of parents towards girl-child
education in Wa West District of Upper West Region. The descriptive survey
design was adopted. Respondents were drawn from all the five (5) area
councils of the Wa West District. They were made up of parents/guardians,
Headteaches/Teachers and circuit supervisors/District Director of Education of
the district. Data for the study were obtained through questionnaire and
interview schedules. The findings indicated that the overall attitude of the
respondents was moderately favourable and positive towards schooling and
education of their children. The results also indicated that the attitudes of
parents do not encourage the girl-child in her education. It was indicated that,
preference of male over female education was common in the community. The
study concluded that, although parents were aware of the positive
contributions of schooling and education, there was a lot of scope for
improvement in this regard since most parents had preference for boy-child.
