Introduction
The twentieth century marked an explosion of interest in gender issues due to the increased understanding of the important role women play in the development of any society. The United Nations decade for women from 1975-1985 contributed a great deal to arousing global efforts to emancipate women from patriarchal practices of male dominance, bias and discrimination. These efforts are on-going and have been particularly geared towards attaining the UN millennium development goal of gender equality and women empowerment in 2015.

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This study sought to fund out the perceived impact of psycho-social factors on secondary school students drop-outs in Vandeikya and Konshisha Local Government Areas of Benue State. The survey design was adopted for the study. A sample size of 386 respondents was randomly selected. Data was collected by means of a self-structured questionnaire, titled: perceived Impact of Psycho-social Factors on Secondary school Students Drop-outs..

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The study investigated the problems and prospects in the learning of basic science in the upper basic under the umbrella of the Universal Basic Education programme. The purpose of the study was to assess the UBE programme in Nigeria. Six research questions guided the study. The descriptive survey design was adopted. The target population was 20,000 students and 150 teachers..

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This paper focused on the marketisation of education and its challenges to school leadership in Nigeria. The paper traces the origin of school marketisation to the developed economies, noting that it came as a response to globalization and the need to increase standards in education. Privatisation of education and school autonomy were highlighted as elements of marketisation of schools in Nigeria. However the paper distinguished between autonomous schools and self-managing schools, noting that Nigerian schools fall under selfmanaging schools. Quality, which is the main focus of marketisation was also discussed.