The project's goal is to improve secondary education opportunities among girls in targeted areas.
Board of Directors has approved $500 million credit from the International Development Association for the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment .In a statement sent toon Tuesday, the bank said adolescent girls face many constraints in accessing and completing secondary education.
The bank said these factors have contributed towards limiting the number of girls that have access to secondary school. A minimum of 6 million girls and boys are expected to benefit from the project and many more cohorts of students will continue benefiting after the project ends. “Specifically, the project will benefit about 6.7 million adolescents and 15.5 million direct project beneficiaries will include families and communities in participating states.”
This entails building more than 5,500 JSSs and 3,300 classrooms for SSSs, as well as improving 2,786 Junior Secondary and 1,914 Senior Secondary schools with safe, accessible, and inclusive infrastructure. About 340,000 girls will receive life skills training in safe spaces, which will help them navigate challenges in life.
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