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Girls’ education is one of the most effective ways for ending poverty in developing nations. The benefits of their education are seen by individuals, their families, and throughout society. These benefits include: Reducing the number of babies women have; Lowering infant and child mortality rates; Lower maternal mortality rates; Protecting against HIV/AIDS infection; Increased number of women with jobs and higher earnings and; Benefits that last many generations. Education for girls can have the benefit of delaying marriage and pregnancy for young girls. Instead of a girl getting married before age 20 and often suffering abuse by her husband, girls who attend primary and secondary school are more likely to have a say in who they marry. Girls who attend school also are able to use more effective methods of family planning and therefore have fewer and healthier babies. An educated girl and woman will have learned about HIV/AIDS and know many dif...

She is 9years old, kills herself to stop the parent from giving her out in marriage. Her dowry was paid already. RIP    The girl child is an asset to the community #GIRLCHILDISANASSET

WHY GIRLS NEXT GENERATION? Many may be wondering what GNG is all about and why are we mobilizing hundreds of girls for this project? The truth of the matter is that we need to balance enrollment in school for both male and female. Many young ladies are mothers while their opposite sex are in higher education. The girl child is an asset to the community against the days when the place of the women were in the kitchen. My mother was a victim like others across the country that female education was worthless. They were deceived but families whose parents were educated still send their daughters to school. Today, they are nurses, engineers, scientists, economists, and other professionals. The likes of Allison Madueke, Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, Oby Ezekwesili, Aloma Mukhtar, Grace Alele William, Nenadi Usman, Helen Esuene, Ngozi Olejeme, Mrs. Mfon Usoro, Prof. Joy Ogwu, Dr. Joe Odumakin, Dame Priscila Kuye, Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi, Dr. Kema Chikwe, Dr. Amina Odidi, Dr. Stella Ok...

NIGERIA EDUCATION FIRST INITIATIVE (NEFI) is an advocacy project initiated by Eagle Builders Foundation in response to global advocacy and support of Education for All. NEFI is aim at mobilizing young people across the 36 states and FCT to facilitate Free, Compulsory and Qualitative Education for all Nigerian children irrespective of ethnic group, religion and sex. The campaign will raise awareness on the benefit of education and the need for all Nigerian kids to be taken of f the street to the classroom. STRUCTURES OF NEFI 1. National Steering Committee of NEFI is made up of 15 members drawn from NGOs, CSOs, activists, human right Lawyers, education communicators, policy makers, government, private sector, partners organization, etc. 2. STATE WORKING COMMITTEE - There will be a State Working Committee that will work with the National Steering Committee to reinforce strong advocacy on Free and Compulsory Education especially in states that have not done that y...

CHAPTER 15: - Right to Education: - Article 17 1. Constitutional, Legislative and Judicial Measures In addition to the main poverty reduction strategy paper NEEDS and the Seven Point Agenda of the Federal Government of Nigeria, the following are the main documents on national laws, policies and key programmes in the education sector: - The 1999 Constitution - Draft National Policy on Special Needs Education/Implementation Guidelines, 2012 - Training Manual on Adaptation and Implementation of Inclusive Education in Nigeria, 2010 - A Strategic Framework for the Revitalization of Adult and Youth Literacy in Nigeria, 2012. - Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act 2004 - Child’s Right Act 2003 - National Child Policy 2007 - National Policy for Integrated Early Childhood Development in Nigeria (2007) - National Minimum Standard for Early Child Care Centres in Nigeria (2007) - National Gender Policy on Education 2007 - National Framework on Girls’ and Women Education, 201...

The Universal Basic Education (UBE) Programme is a nine (9) year basic educational programme, which was launched and executed by the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to eradicate illiteracy, ignorance and poverty as well as stimulate and accelerate national development, political consciousness and national integration. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo flagged off UBE on 30 th September 1999 in Sokoto , Sokoto State. The UBE Programme is Nigeria's str ategy for the achievement of Education for All (EFA) and the education-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The implementation process of the programme has been on since 1999 , but progress was hampered by lack of an enabling law to execute certain aspects of the programme. What a big relief it was when the President signed the UBE Bill into law on 26 th May 2004 following its passage by the National Assembly . The UBE Act 2004 makes provision for basic education comprising of ECCE,...

Education is a great driver of social, economic and political progress. As people learn to read, count and reason critically, their prospects for health and pro sperity expand exponentially. But our advances in education have not benefited everyone equally—and primary school enrollment rates tell only part of the regrettable story. Millions of children who start primary school are unable to finish and still more miss out on secondary school. Today, some 69 million adolescents—in low-income countries—are receiving no post-primary education. We can no longer afford the cost of excluding them. Barriers to school enrolment and completion Unaffordable costs. Poverty is the greatest barrier to high-quality education. Even when primary school is technically free, additional charges for uniforms, textbooks, teacher salaries and school maintenance create financial barriers for many families. In surveys from countries with “free education”, parents consistently say th...