…Women Back To School
The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) is enrolling over three thousand out-of-school girls and women under the “Second Chance Education Opportunities for Out-of-School Girls and Young Women in Adamawa State.”
The State Project Coordinator Engr. Saddiki Liman, who disclosed this while declaring open a two-day training workshop on “Second Chance Education Opportunities for Out of School Girls and Young Women in Adamawa State,” said the project would be implemented in 74 centers across the state.
The training was organized by the Dadah Foundation for Educational Empowerment, DAFEE, in collaboration with The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, AGILE, held at Dantsoho Hotels, Yola.
Liman assured the full support of AGILE to the full implementation of this important component, “Second Chance Education.”
“This is one of the components, even though the World Bank is entirely new, but with the wealth of experience of DAFEE, we are sure and believe that this component will be implemented according to requirements, that it is going to change the narratives of out of school syndrome, especially to our adolescent girls and women in the state,” Engr. Liman said.
He was also optimistic that adolescent girls in the state would benefit to the maximum satisfaction of both the Adamawa State Government and the country at large.
To the participants, the Project Coordinator implored them to contribute with their wealth of experience so that together, the components would move perfectly in the state.
In his presentation, the lead officer, Allen Augustine, the Second Chance in Education of AGILE, stated that the project is now implementing in 20 centers as pilots in nine local government areas, including Madagali, Michika, Gombi, Yola South, Hong, Girei, Yola North, Fufore and Numan.
The AGILE official said the project offers a fresh start for marginalized communities in Adamawa, and the target beneficiaries are between the ages of 15 and 25 years.
Augustine enumerated some benefits of the project to the beneficiaries, including empowering drop-out girls and women back to schools, improving their health and well-being, and reducing poverty in society.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Executive Director of Dadah Foundation for Educational Empowerment, DAFEE, Dr. Usman Ahmad Dadah, assured that the foundation would implement the project based on the approved plan for the execution of the program.
He noted that the training is a morale booster for the organization, adding that it will improve the knowledge of the participants and foster relationships between them.
In his goodwill message, the Monitoring and Evaluation officer of AGILE, Bathon Hyeldaati, said the program is aimed at bringing back out of school girls and women back to school.
There were paper presentations on strategies for teaching literacy and numeracy to Adolescent Girls and young women by Maryam Mu’azu, as well as on Empowering Adolescent Girls and young women through livelihood skills and Entrepreneurs by Luti Babuba and Effective Life Skills Interventions for Adolescent girls and young women by Dr. Asondolo Bdeson.
