Stakeholders lament impact of inadequate female teachers, say hampers learning of girls in Gombe
……urges govt to employ more female teachers
Chima Azubuike
Stakeholders have lamented how inadequate ratio of female teachers has impacted the rate of out-of-school children especially girl-child.
They made this disclosure following the observation made by students at the recently held Children’s day with the theme; Girl Power: Defying all odds, stories of Northern Nigerian women leaders,” organised by Adda Girl Education Foundation.
Our correspondent reports that out of over 150 girls on its scholarship, mentorship, no fewer than 30 girls were drawn from Nafada, Akko, Balanga Local Government Areas to witness the virtual meeting.
Reacting to question from one of the students, Fatima Kwaku, first woman to open a law chamber in northern Nigeria, asked that those in education ministry should expedite action to boost class attendance of girls by employing more female teachers.
Kwaku said, “The attention of whoever is Commissioner should be called on the need to employ more female teachers in schools to boost girls attendance. So that they (girls) don’t switch off into feeling that education is not worth it. Am assuming that most of these schools are Government schools.”
While commending the founder of the foundation Zainab Bulkachuwa, a former President of court of Appeal, the Programme Manager Samira Galadima, said following the noticed shortfall in number of female teachers, her organisation has secured placement fsaying that more women should be encouraged to pursue a career in education to boost attendance of younger girls.
She said, “One of our strategies is also job placement we have started with one, we recently secured a job for one of our ADDA Girl’s in a secondary school. We identified the problem of lack female teachers in GGSS Pindiga, they have not had female teachers the reason we encourage our girls to study Education. We are not taking them away from their communities, they study, teach, marry in their communities thereby impacting their people.”
