The Influence Of Socio-cultural And Socio-economic Factors On Girls’ Access To And Participation In Primary Education In Merti District, Isiolo County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Education is a key to a country‟s development. This is the reason why countries all over the world invest heavily in education. In spite of this committment, low girls‟ access and participation in education remains an obstacle to realizing an ideal equality and universality of primary education in Merti district .The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of socio-cultural and economic factors on girls‟ access and participation in primary education in Merti district. The research design of the study is descriptive survey design. The study involved a sample of 300 pupils…