Gender Distribution of Teachers Supply in Primary Schools in Bayelsa State: Implication for the Primary School Child Education

Abstract

The paper investigated the gender distribution of teachers supply in primary schools in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Available statistics revealed that, there were more male teachers in the employment of the state government. The t-test result at 0.05 significance level also revealed that, there was a significant difference among the male and female groups in the distribution of teachers in primary schools in Bayelsa State in favour of male teachers. The implication for the primary school child education was that, the society was likely to produce children who may not have affection for one another since the motherly affection required at this developmental stage shall be lacked. It was recommended that, government should motivate the girl child to go to colleges of education and the universities through special scholarship schemes and legislation on the need to abolish early child marriages in order to mitigate the un-equal distribution of teachers in primary schools.

DOI: 10.5901/jesr.2014.v4n1p263