No fewer than 20, 000 out-of-school girls and women are expected to be enrolled into formal school system in the 23 Local Government of Sokoto State.
Cynthia Obazee, the National Coordinator, Grassroots Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition, GESA, disclosed this on Wednesday in Sokoto.
Obazee spoke at a stakeholders’ Consultation meeting on Acceleration of Second Chance Education for Women and girls (SCEFWAG).
She said they would be enrolled under the EU/UN Spotlight Initiative Second
The coordinator said GESA was contracted by the UNESCO to implement the project in Sokoto, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Cross River and Lagos states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Obazee said GEZA in collaboration with the Agency for Mass Education under the Ministry of Education, and other relevant agencies would implement the second chance education for women and girls in Sokoto North and Binji LGAs.
According to her, the project will be scaled up to other Local Government Areas in 2020.
