Stakeholders urge policy makers to address financial bottlenecks limiting girl child education in Nigeria | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News ⚠️
Worried by the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country, stakeholders have called on policy makers to look into financial bottlenecks limiting girls from accessing quality education in Nigeria. They identified adequate funding as a veritable factor for creating inclusive education and empowering learning environments for girls. They made the call in Abuja at…
They made the call in Abuja at a Documentary Streaming Event titled, Empowering Girls through Education in Nigeria, put together by YouthHubAfrica with support from Malala Fund and EVA. Speaking, Malala Fund Advocacy Manager, Femi Aderobigbe, who decried a reversal in terms of the gains made in education over the years, regretted that the country lost a lot of school children during the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with the ones it lost to insecurity in the North.
“I am linking my discussion to the subsidy removal which will affect the girl child in Nigeria and increase the number of out-of-school children. Nigeria can do more in developing a stable mechanism to develop girl child education.
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