INTRODUCTION
This chapter deals
with techniques of data collection which provides the researchers with relevant
information needed for the study. It includes sources of data, tools and
techniques for data collection and administration of questionnaires, in Kaduna north local government area so as
to have full access to research problems and the procedure employed in the
process will enable researcher to know the contribution of women toward
educational development in Kaduna state especially in Kaduna north local
government.
POPULATION OF THE STUDY
AND SAMPLE SIZE
The 1991 census provisional result puts the
population of Kaduna local government at 255,355 in each of the two districts
in Kaduna north local government has the following population, Doka district
having 184,070, kawo district has 71,285 respectively.
The scope of the
research has been limited to some area due to the larger population size.
Random sampling was applied in selection of the wards, but not on the basis of
closeness, their participation towards the execution of educational development
programmes is the concern of the researcher.
The local government has a total of 10 wards in which
the research selected 5 wards and from each ward 30 members of the education
development association were selected which make up the total number of the
people interviewed to 150.
INSTRUMENTS USED FOR
DATA COLLECTION OF THIS STUDY.
In this research
collection of the information is relevant to these research work, these
research uses some instruments or materials to gather reliable information,
these materials include the following:
·
Interview
·
Observation
·
Document
Interview
The interview as a material or instrument of
collection of data is that some of the people in six selected wards were
illiterates as such, they cannot fill questionnaire properly, so the so on
the base of this research face to face interview was conducted so as to
provide room for immediate feed back from the respondent and to be able to tell
if he/ she is telling a lie.
Due to low level of literacy, oral interview
was employed to interview all members of various group of educational
development. Also in a nation with wide range of youth clubs, community
development leaders, women association and civil servants since it enables the
immediate feedback from the respondents. In
these work carried out, the role of women to the development of
educational activities was analyzed.
Some question
were drafted on a sheet of paper and structured, the question was drafted to
simply know whether they are telling the truth / fact that will answer the
questions clearly.
Observation
The use of both the participatory and non-
participatory observation method was employed in this study.
In the participatory method of observation,
the researcher participate actively in the various educational development
project during the period of the study, this brings in mind of the researcher
that there is a positive effect in the execution of educational activities in
an area .During the process of participation observation, information was
gathered though the interview are similar.
In the non- participatory method it
information shows that the that the
local government contributed immensely towards the development of the areas
through assisting educational development, in the case the researcher does not
participated in any programme, information is gathered only through interview
and document.
Document
Document was used to collect reliable
information for this work, the process involves enquires aimed at breeding
knowledge and scientific measure of the problems and the kind of assistant
received from the local government document came in three ways and are as
follows:
·
Personal
document
·
Mass
communication
·
Statistical
records.
The work was done by
going through some useful document involving monthly progressive report, files
consisting of various information relevant to the topic, service and workshop
journals, other information were collected from the zonal education development
office.