The Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, on Tuesday, said that of the 10 million students that drop out of primary and secondary schools nationwide, 7.5 million were females.
In a statement signed by Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, during a capacity building workshop to scale up Mothers’ Association at senatorial level in Sokoto. Wike said the figure is not good for the future of the girl-child in the country.
The statement said that the workshop was organised by the ministry in collaboration with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) office for the seven states of the North West geo-political zone.
Wike urged mothers in the North West zone to shape the future of their female children and to ensure that they enrolled them into schools; adding that the capacity building workshop was aimed at empowering mothers to shore up the enrolment capacity of children in their communities.
“We believe that the children are closer to their mothers and that the mothers can make impact in the lives of the children, especially the girls in their community to encourage them to attend school,’’ he said.
Wike expressed optimism that the capacity building would meet the ministry’s set objectives through improved enrolment among girls.
Source: Daily Times
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