UNICEF to assist with enrolment of one million Nigerian girls in schools
The United Nations Children’s Fund said it is targeting the enrolment of at least one million girls in schools through its School-Based Management Committee .The School Based Management Committee intervention programme is a strategy adopted by state governments of Kano, Bauchi, Zamfara, Niger, Katsina and Sokoto States to reduce the number of children out of school. It is supported by the Department For International Development , under the GEP 3 Project.
In addition to this, 1.6 million girls expected to acquire skills for life self-sufficiency while 42,000 primary and Integrated Quranic Schools teachers have been trained. “Socio-economic status has been the main reason behind not being enrolled in school. Since May 2012, UNICEF has been implementing the eight year GEP3 .
According to Mr Muktar, the completion rate of primary education in Kano State is 49 per cent and numbers of girls transmitting to lower secondary school is 47 per cent while only 50.4 per cent of male transit to secondary schools. ”For the pilot phase, under the macro project, we are supporting 15 schools per state, including the FCT. For the micro project, we are supporting 50 schools per state. In special projects, we are supporting 120 of such,” he said.
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