FG seeks to reduce female out-of-school children

In a bid to reduce the number of female out-of-school children in Nigeria, the Federal Government, in partnership with the World Bank under the ‘Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment,’ launched a national campaign to advocate increased access, retention, and completion of secondary education for adolescent girls in Nigeria.

A statement made available to our correspondent declared this on Thursday.

The campaign tagged ‘Madubi’, – a Hausa word which signifies Mirror forms a huge part of the AGILE project currently being implemented in some states across the country including Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Kebbi and Plateau states.

“Earlier flagged off by President Muhammadu Buhari on 16th February 2023, the main objective of the AGILE project is to reduce the gender gap in secondary education completion rates and labour market transition among adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 20 years. The project aims to benefit 21.5 million direct and indirect beneficiaries.

“Speaking to critical stakeholders and journalists at a media engagement session in Abuja on Thursday, the National Project Coordinator of the AGILE project, Amina Buba Haruna, said, “The AGILE project seeks to eliminate the barriers to knowledge experienced by girls in targeted areas. By scaling investment in girls’ secondary education. It offers a window to tackle other problems such as poverty, child marriage, maternal and child mortality, and gender-based violence.”

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