THE EFFECTS OF HAWKING ON GIRL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KADUNA STATE

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to identify the effects of hawking on girl education in Nigeria, a case study of Zaria local government area of Kaduna state. A population of 100 girls drawn from five location in Zaria Local Government Area randomly selected was used for the study to each questionnaire was administered and answer offered were collated and analysed. The result obtained from the study show that, street hawking is linked with poor study habit, which leads to poor academic performance and different bad experiences during hawking among young girl's Street hawking as a form of child labour displace children's education and hinder economic development. Discoveries from the study reveals that illiterate parents have no interest in their children academic growth, parents are not a factor influencing the choice of career among their children. This is due to the fact that a consideration number of children live without parental support, as in orphans, children living in the streets, displaced and refused children who on account of the poverty of their parents are subjected to inhuman and sadistic ordeals. Some recommendation were made: A Since most of the family members of street hawkers are farmers, there should be deliberate effort to improve on their farming technology from subsistence to mechanise methods so that it will enable them to produce goods in commercial quantity, earn more and adequately take care of their family responsibilities Zaria Local Government. Government should make education more accessible by declaring it as free and compulsory for all young girls, this will be possible through massive investment on programs.