The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment programme in Zamfara State is targeting 17,413 Adolescent girls in one hundred and fifty schools to empower them with knowledge, essential skills and confidence to help them navigate through life challenges successfully and become productive members of society.
The State coordinator of the AGILE Programme, Saadatu Gusau, made this known during a one-day capacity-building workshop for stakeholders in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
The objective of the programme is to reduce the number of Adolescent girls of school age from the streets, as available data indicates that 62 per cent of children in Zamfara State are out of school while 60 per cent of girls are subjected to early marriage, thereby denying them access to basic education.
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The coordinator of the AGILE Project, Sea’adatu Abdul-Gusau, said the inception of the life skills workshop is geared towards strengthening stakeholders’ engagement to align and commit to the successful implementation of the initiative.
She emphasized that life skills are one of the key deliverables to AGILE Project and Adolescent girls to foster a brighter future, and the programme seeks to enhance the girls’ ability to stay in school and complete their school to contribute meaningfully to nation-building.
