Assessment of The Impact of Women Education On Family’s Socio-economic Sustainability In Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State

There is a common assertion that if you educate a woman, you educate a nation. In recent times, women education has received attention from government, nongovernmental bodies with many studies geared towards improving the standard of women education. In order to determine whether women education can contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic development of the society, this research paper was prompted to investigate the impact of women education on the socio-economic status of the family in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Three research questions were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research was adopted in the study. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The data was analyzed using mean score. From the analysis of data, the findings of the study revealed that educating women can contribute to family income, it can improve the educational development of the society and also improve the standard of child upbringing in the family, it can help women to be gainfully employed and improve the standard of child-care in the family and improve the standard of academic achievement. Based on the findings of the study, it is concluded that women are also a potential resource in the family and the nation, and the education of women should be a significant goal of any developing nation. Therefore, the recommendation that mass enlightenment campaign should be carried out by government and non-governmental organizations to encourage Nigerian women who are not educated to enroll in school. It was also recommended that more adult education centers should be established especially in rural areas and the Nigerian government should show more commitment to women education by making free from primary to tertiary education level.