Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Project Coordinator, Amina Abdul, has expressed optimism to enrol no fewer than 10,000 girls back to school following Gombe growing rate of out-of-school children.
Abdul made this disclosure on Wednesday during a one-day sensitisation meeting with Community-Based Organisations, and Non-Governmental Organisations.
Our correspondent reports that the sensitisation was organised in collaboration with Ministry of Education and AGILE AF project.
According to her, more girls are dropping out of school due to varying challenges.
She said, “We are here in continuation of series of sensitisation that are vital before the the implementation. Today, we are taking Non-Governmental Organisations, the Community-Based Organisations to have an engagement with them so that that we explore areas of collaboration for the success of the the implementation of the project.
“The project will not be considered to be impactful if there is no relative increase in the number of girls been enrolled in schools. As it is, more girls are dropping out-of-school but our target is to get the girls back to school. We are targeting 10,000 for enrolment back to school. It is not that the girls are not there only that their parents are not ready to send them to school.”
Executive Director Voice of Hope, Gloria Usman, said the CBOs and NGOs have enormous role to play in achieving the mandate of the project.
“The project is giving second chance to the girls to get education. As you go by major highways you see girls waiting to be used for cheap labour,” she added.
Speaking earlier, Commissioner for Education, Dr Aishatu Maigari, who was represented by Adamu Dukku, called on the NGOs, CBOs to work assidiously towards achieving the needed results.
Maigari said, “Bring your ideas, skills to the table let’s work hand in hand so that together we can make the lasting difference and surpass our target.”
