The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), says it has trained 140 facilitators under its Alternative Education project in Bauchi State.
Ms Ladi Hamma, Project Coordinator, AGILE, said this at the end of a five-day training exercise on Thursday in Bauchi.
She said that the facilitators had been equipped with the necessary tools and materials to facilitate effective teaching of girls.
Hamma urged the facilitators to cascade the knowledge acquired during the exercise, and to handle the learners with care and respect.
“Teach them what you have learnt during the workshop, and treat them as your sisters and daughters with care and respect,” she said.
She said that AGILE approved continuation of the alternative education programme following the feat achieved in the last one year.
Hamma said that the programme has implemented a monthly supervision mechanism to monitor learners across the 300 learning centres in the state.
One of the facilitators, Hauwa Musa, said that she learnt literacy, numeracy and life skills, to enable her to impart relevant knowledge and skills to learners in her community.
Another facilitator, Bilikisu Sabo, urged parents and husbands to allow their spouses and daughters to attend the learning spaces.
“Education will benefit not only the girls and women, but also their children and the society at large.” she said.
