Women form almost more than half of the total population in rural Nigeria. Participation of Women in Labour
Market activities in rural Nigeria has been on the increase in recent times. It is widely held that female education plays a
pivotal role in increasing women participation in Labour Market activities. The present study endeavours to investigate the
effects of different levels of education on women labour market participation in the study area. The study is based on the
2009/2010 NLSS data collected through field survey by Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS). To achieve the objective of the
study, a control function is estimated. The results of the estimated model show that educational attainment levels
significantly affect Women Labour Market Participation (WLMP). WLMP rises with increasing level of education. Age has
a non-linear effect on women labour force participation, increasing at first and then decreasing later in life. Marital status,
Father’s education, mother’s education and land size and the dummy variables of the Geopolitical zones are all positive and
significant with north central having the least coefficient of 0.077. On the other hand, numbers of children and health status
have negative and significant effect on women labour participation. The results of the study conclude that female education
is necessary to ensure effective participation of women in labour market activities