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Katsina State Government moves to empower secondary school children. Approves 50m for AGILE Project

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Katsina Governor Aminu Bello Masari has approved the disbursement of 50 per cent of the N100m budgeted for the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) school Project.

The fund is expected to improve the implications plans and help create priority during the engagement of the activities.

The State Coordinator of the AGILE Project, Shehu Mustapha, made this known while addressing newsmen shortly after the celebration of the International Day of the African Child.

He told newsmen that the State Government has already so far released the sum of N35m for the project.

According to him, the AGILE project is getting all support needed from the State ministry of Education through it Commissioner and efforts are being made to guarantee it's success.

‘’All other stakeholders and individual actors also have given us the necessary support needed", he said.

The two day event organised by the Katsina State Ministry of Education in collaboration with Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, , AGILE Project was targeted at increasing access to safe quality secondary school education for all children especially girls.

According to Mustapha, ‘’we have invited 100 students; 50 boys and 50 girls and built their capacity on better services on education for all, including support from government, to be good leaders within the school, stop deviant behavior in school among others.”

The Coordinator further called on the communities to support the state government in ensuring the provision of access to quality education for all, adding that government cannot do it alone education is for all.


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