Colonial policies and girl-child education in Katsina Emirate

The concept of Educational Policy means Government¿s way of realization that part of the National goals can be achieved by using education as a tool. No educational Policy could be formulated without first identifying the overall philosophy and goals of the Authority concerned. The study found that the policies were only longer in words but shorter in action; the motives behind their implementation were partially achieved, because throughout the colonial period there was neither a concrete evidence of the acceptance of Christianity among Katsina Schools¿ Girls, nor single Mission school established and dedicated in the Emirate. Both the implemented policies and Girl-Child Education have generated a change in outlook with regards to the socio-cultural, religious and economic life of the first generation of educated Girls. The policies were also found somehow irrelevant and inappropriate to teaching learning processes. By 1903, Girl-Child Education was not the priority of the British colonial Authority and was as a result largely funded by Katsina Native Authority Treasury Department.