Nasarawa State launches AGILE project to improve public secondary schools.

The Nasarawa State Government has launched the World Bank's Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project, aimed at improving 490 public secondary schools across the state's 13 local government areas. 

Governor Abdullahi Sule, who flagged off the project which will address challenges of access, retention, and quality of girls' education, explained that it will benefit 515 public secondary schools, with grants disbursed in two phases, to empower adolescent girls with relevant skills for self-development, improve access to quality secondary education, and enhance school infrastructure.

He also said the School-Based Management Committees will manage the funds, implementing physical upgrades based on approved School Implementation Plans, adding that the state government has released the mandated N150 million counterpart fund and initiated the recruitment of qualified teachers.

In separate statements, the Commissioner for Education, John Mamman, pledged the ministry's commitment to ensuring the smooth take-off of the project, while the project coordinator, Aishatu Isoga, emphasized that it will focus on adolescent girls between 10 to 20 years old, especially those from vulnerable backgrounds.

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