CHRISTIAN WOMEN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF WESTERN EDUCATION IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA: A HISTORICAL REVIEW

Abstract

The practice of discrimination against women in most forms of leadership in Nigeria is just like Jewish cultural tradition. In Yorùbá land of South-Western Nigeria society today, some people do not value the leadership of women, more especially in the area of Christian education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Christian Women in the development of western education in Yorùbá land, South-Western Nigeria, comparing their roles to women in the Early Christian Church Fathers’ Dispensation. The historical method was used to achieve this purpose. The study therefore recommended that interested and virtuous Christian women should be involved in the leadership of Yorùbá land, SouthWestern Nigeria educational system. Women like Deborah, Ruth, Esther and Priscilla of old should contribute their own quota to the uplifting, growth and development of Nigeria educational system.