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Group to enroll 10,000 Gombe female dropouts back in school
The Adolescent Girl’s Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, (AGILE) says it is targeting to enroll 10,000 adolescent female school dropouts back in school.
The AGILE Project Coordinator in Gombe State, Dr Amina Abdul, disclosed this at a media briefing in Gombe on Wednesday.
AGILE is a World Bank-supported project implemented by the Federal Ministry of Education with counterpart funding from the state government.
She said the programme was one of the project components called second chance education.
“The coordinator said the 10,000 adolescent girls targeted were those that dropped out from schools due to one reason or the other, early marriage, Gender-Based Violence poverty, amongst others.
“If they dropped due to early marriage, Gender-Based Violence and other problems, and they are between the ages of 14 and 20, they will be given the chance to come back and complete their education.
“Adolescent girls that were engaged in hard labour, being denied the privilege to go to schools will also be considered.
“Those that have started formal education will be accommodated in secondary schools.
“Those that have not and are within the age of 20 will go to literacy class, to be taught how to read and write,” Abdul said.
She said that they would have the opportunity to complete their secondary education and become useful members of society, serve humanity and correct the social ills.
She said that those in the literacy class would also learn ICT skills to make the most of internet facilities.
AGILE consists of three components, namely, creating safe and accessible learning spaces, fostering and enabling environment for girls and project management and system strengthening.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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