The
Executive Director of a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Girls Education
Mission International (GEMI) Mrs. Keturah Shammah has decried the low
enrollment of girls in primary and secondary schools in northern Nigeria.
According
to her, “Education opens windows of opportunities for girls to break the
shackles of poverty. It is key to improving living standards; unfortunately,
many girls in the north hardly get the opportunity to go to school,”.
“She
said that 60 percent of girls in the north were out of school. “More than half
of the girls of school age are not enrolled; concerted efforts must be made to
change the tide otherwise their economic situation would only worsen,”.
“We
as an NGO had awarded scholarships to 50 girls since inception in 2007 and we
are happy that five beneficiaries had since graduated and were working.
The Jos,
Plateau State-based NGO would mark the annual International Day of the
Girl-Child in a rural community in Lere Local Government in Kaduna State, to sensitize
and create awareness to stakeholders on the need to empower girls through
education and this year’s theme for the international day of the girl child, “Empower Girls: Before, During and after
Conflict”, is a challenge to the world to stop discriminating against
girls.
“Girls
must be enrolled into schools; it is the only way to prepare them to build a
better society,” Shamnmar said.
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