INFLUENCE OF POVERTY ON HIGHER EDUCATIONAL PURSUIT EXPERIENCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

Emmanuel Babatunde Durowaiye

Abstract


This paper focuses on the influence of poverty, experience by young people in Kogi State, Nigeria, in relation to gaining access into the higher education. A major issue addressed in this paper arises from the fact that existing literatures have focused on enrolment in formal educational institutions in urban areas. Those that are in the rural areas need to be addressed as well, enabling or constraining their access to higher educational level. The findings of this paper will provide innovative insights into those factors that are influential on young people’s access to higher education and also provide reliable data for positive policies and educational responses to be made.


Keywords


Higher Education, Nigeria, Poverty, Rural, Urban, Young People

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