Bridge Connect Africa Initiative (BCAI), a non-governmental organization, has unveiled an educational project targeting to increase the number of girls that finish senior secondary school by 285,000 in three years across Kano State.
The Malala funded project tagged, ‘Bridging Access to Girls Education Project (BAGE) according to the executive director of BCAI, Sani Muhammed, seeks to improve girls’ access to quality secondary education by addressing issues around access, transition and completion of secondary education through advocacy for increased investment.
Muhammad made this known while addressing a press conference to unveil the project in Kano.
He said most girls, especially in rural areas, tend to drop out of school or engage in early marriage after the nine years basic education as a result of distance or unavailability of some structures such as toilets, hence the project would work with the state government and other stakeholders to ensure availability of such structures…
Source: Leadership Newspaper
