By Suzan Edeh
Bauchi—THE United Nation Children Fund, UNICEF, yesterday, said it had supported the enrollment of no fewer than one million girls in school under the Girls’ Education Project, GEP, in the last eight years.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the National Development Workshop on Gender Right to Education, Advocacy and Mentoring Skills for High Level Women Advocates, HILWA, in Bauchi, the Chief of Field Office of UNICEF, Nigeria, Bauchi Field Office, Mr. Bhanu Pathak, said: “Over the years, UNICEF has supported the development of women and children through teacher training, including training of 1,417 female teachers though Trainee Scholarship Scheme.
“UNICEF is also supporting school enrollment drives, empowering communities and assisting in the establishment of the Girls for Girls (G4G) and HILWA groups in various states.”
In her address, the…
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