The Assessment of the effect of Early Marriage on Girl’s Childhood Education:

Abstract

The present study aimed at Assessing on the Effect of Early Marriage on Girl Childhood Education Taking Masai Young girls in Kilosa district as a case. The study will be guided by three research questions namely to examine the causes of early marriage to Maasai young girls to examine the effect of early marriage on education of Maasai young girls and suggest measures to end early marriage to Maasai young girls at Kilosa district. The study will be guided by Human Capital Theory by Gary Becker and Theodore Schuitz of 1960s. The argument of the theory is that education is crucial given that it advances economic growth. Descriptive case study design and survey design will be used. The population is 617,032. Qualitative approach will be used as a research approach. Interview and focus group discussion will be used to collect data. Thematic analysis will be a tool for data analysis. Generally, the data collected will be qualitative data. The study findings have revealed that early marriages in the Maasai community are responsible for school dropout and underperformance among young girls in schools in the Kilosa district. Moreover, the aforementioned findings indicate that a significant number of adolescent females who are married at a young age are deprived of the chance to pursue secondary school. It has been shown that numerous husbands are hesitant to send their women to school due to their fear of losing control over them once they achieve higher levels of knowledge.