International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR)   Year: 2021 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 53-62 Education of Rural Women for National Development: Exploring the Imperatives of Gender-Responsive Governance Chibuike E Madubuegwu, Vincent O Onyia, Chidozie Beneth Obiorah PhD, Georgina Nwakego Onah, Ugwu Kyrian Ibekaku, Abstract: Women are proportionally visible in rural communities. However, the substance of the visibility of this vulnerable gender is abysmally poor to the expectations of rural economy nay national development. Acknowledging this reality, this paper argued that the education deficit of rural women embellishing in lack of knowledge and skill exposure constrained effort to explore optimally the potentials and activities of these community artisan female folk towards national development hence the rationale for gender-responsive governance. Adopting qualitative design of data collection and analysis, the discourse revealed that 1.7 billion women and girls live in rural areas across regions and countries of the world while 43 percent of rural women work in agricultural sector of developing economies. In Nigeria, 52 of rural population are women whose agrarian contribution to national development is poor. In other words, the study recommends gender-responsive governance and gender-mainstreaming measures among other fundamentals for the education of rural women for national development.