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URGENT: In the next few hours we have a chance to set the next 15 years of global education policy: it's the last day of the ‪#‎ WorldEducationForum‬ in South Korea. Tweet Your Support for 12 years for all → http://ctt.ec/8aD8q (Remember to fill in why you believe secondary education is important). Right now 160 countries are debating if 12 years of free, quality education should be a right for every child. Will you tweet a message about why that matters to YOU & girls everywh ere? http://ctt.ec/8aD8q The negotiators are checking their phones, and the conference's hashtag - #worldeducationforum - between every session. If they see our messages, they will know the world demands it and are watching. Let's show how Girls + 12 years of publicly funded education = Empowerment When you add ‪#‎ 12years‬ of education to a girl's life, she can truly achieve her dreams. This is Amina, Malala's friend from Northern Nigeria. Even though s...

By Joy Tiku Enighe Nigeria has being facing insecurity challenges lately, one of which is insurgency. Boko Haram has being leashing terror on children and school premises - abducting schoolgirls, using young and innocent children as suicide bombers and child soldiers. It is indeed a very traumatic and heartbreaking situation. It was revealed recently that some parents in the north-eastern region of Nigeria had sold their young daughters to Boko Haram as potential suicide bombers, at the cost of #150,000 naira only. This has kept me thinking on how poverty and ignorance can lead people to get involved in an inhumane act. One of the girls sacrificed by her dad for money and wired with an explosive vest and detonator reported to security. Her dad had spread a mat in preparation for funeral prayers for his daughter when he was arrested. Interrogations led to further revelations of parents who were about to receive payments for supplying their daughters as s...

Girl-child education has become a matter of concern to stakeholders in Nigeria. This study examines the concept of and crucial issues in girl-child education. It identifies socio-cultural patterns, religious misconceptions, poverty, teenage pregnancy and early marriage amongst others as factors militating against the girl-child education. The paper advocates that public and school libraries must begin to play relevant roles and contribute to the eradication of discrimination against women. It outlines the roles public and school libraries must play in order to improve girl-child enrollment in school as well as reduce school drop-out. In order to effectively play their roles, the study suggests that libraries should source for funds from external agencies rather than depend only on their parent institutions/organizations. Key words: Girl-child; Education; School libraries; Public libraries; Nigeria.    In the traditional Nigerian society, there exists the deg...

By Wubon Hebrews Isaac Like their male counterparts, they have the right to education and skill acquisition, the right to career choice and self actualisation. Girl-child education becomes pertinent for the attainment of national development. In the past, education has not necessarily been a priority for the girl-child because of cultural beliefs, poverty and so on. It is believed that the place of the girl-child is in her husband’s house. The male child was considered to be superior to the gild-child in many aspects especially education and that is why in most cases; only the male child had access to education. Unfortunately, many people still hold unto this disparity between the female and the male gender. Other causes for the negligence of the girl-child education could be attributed to parent’s unwillingness to send the girl-child to school. Some parents feel it is a waste to educate the girl-child because she would one day be married to someone else. Eve...

Ambassador Entwistle takes a group photo with the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellows from northern Nigeria. (Photo by Idika Onyukwu/U.S. Embassy) The U.S. embassy in Nigeria has selected 40 Nigerians to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship Programme for Young African Leaders in 20 top U.S. universities, for a period of six weeks. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador James Entwistle, congratulated the beneficiaries on their selection. Mr. Entwistle explained that the 40 Nigerian fellows were selected amongst 7,000 Nigerian applicants and tens of thousands of others throughout Africa. “I congratulate the newly selected 2015 Mandela Washington fellows. As you may know, you competed with more than 7,000 applicants from Nigeria alone. You all should be proud of your accomplishment. Your selection says a lot about who you are as young leaders, and the level of impact you are having on your communities as entre...

The #10Percent4Youth Campaign is initiated by Youth Alive Foundation demanding the states in the Niger Delta region to allocate 10% of the revenue from oil derivation to youth development initiatives like job creation, entrepreneurship, human capacity building, technical and vocational training, private/public partnership for job creation, etc. Akwa Ibom State which receives the highest oil revenue is the launching pad for this campaign and will be taken to all states in the Niger Delta Region. It is the hope of the organizers that more organizations should sign in for the campaign to strengthen it. At the end of the day, there will be increased in funding to support youth entrepreneurs, increased in employability and increased in job creation and job opportunities for youth in the region. Enough is Enough Nigeria @ EiENigeria supports # 10Percent4Youths campaign @ NigeriaSACE @ johnonyeukwu @ _NDLink @ YAFng http://twitter.com/ibommobile...

  Today, I stand with the global community through NIGERIA EDUCATION FIRST INITIATIVE (NEFI) and GIRLS NEXT GENERATION (GNG) to pledge my total support for the full implementation of Universal Basic Education Programme in Nigeria in line UBE Act 2004 . After series of violent attack by terrorist group to frustrate early child education in Nigeria, I strongly support the national advocacy campaign to enroll 10.5 million Nigerian childre n from the street to the classroom. I join other well-meaning citizens and the global community that Child Rights Law should be domesticated and Free Education Policy from primary to secondary level be implemented in all states of the federation. I pledge my total support to this campaign to ensure that by 2020 , all Nigerian children are enroll into the classroom. So help me God #Unite4UBEAct2004