Socio-cultural factors influencing educational attainment among muslim women in Mumias Division, Kakamega, Kenya
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Date
1998Author
Murenga, Hadijah M
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ThesisLanguage
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This study aimed at investigating the major socio-cultural factors which influence
educational attainment and subsequent occupation and occupational mobility of Muslim
women in Mumias division, Kakamega district A sample of 120 Muslim female
respondents drawn from two locations were interviewed over a period of two months
The study found out that majority of the respondents who had attained low
education had parents with low socio-economic status. It was further found that most of
the respondents who had attained secondary education and above were in gainful salaried
employment as opposed to those who had no formal education or only primary education
School related factors were also found to positively influence Muslim women's
educational attainment. However, cultural related factors were of less significance. The
study concluded that, Muslim women were capable of attaining high education but they
were inhibited by their parents' socio-economic status and school related factors such as
respondent's age at enrollment, years completed at school and type of school attended.
The study recommended that Muslim parents should be educated about the
importance of western formal education to their daughters. This was based on the fact that
most of the parents as found in this study were either illiterate or semi-illiterate and did not
really value schooling for girls, instead preferred them to attain Quranic education
The study also recommended that the Kenyan government in conjunction with the
Muslim families ensure that children of both sexes have access to education and attend
regularly without any excuses because-both Quranic school and Western IClrI11aI education
have their own time for learning and value.
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Master of ArtsSponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
University of Nairobi Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi