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Centre for Girl-child Education (CGE) is bent at recruiting 1,700 girls to be trained on literacy, numeracy, life and vocational skills in 50 communities.

The Centre has also recruited same number of girls who are in the process of carrying out the baseline assessment in their respective communities.

Hajiya Habiba Mohammed, Director, Centre for Girl-child Education, Zaria stated this while on a courtesy visit to the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli at his palace in Zaria.

She noted that the centre had earlier conducted the Pathways to choice project funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation across Kano, Borno and Kaduna states.

According to her, the project was aimed at educating out of school and vulnerable girls, to enrol them back and retain them in school to ensure that the girls complete schooling.

The Director stated that the centre has also adopted and implemented life skills sessions strategy to address critical areas such as health, financial literacy, leadership and personal development.

"We have designed a comprehensive life skills manual tailored to the needs of girls and will cover essential topics that contribute to the holistic development of students.

"Some train teachers are to effectively deliver the life skills sessions, after receiving specialized training to equip them with the skills needed to facilitate the sessions." She said.

Hajiya Mohammed assured commitment of the centre to work with stakeholders in the implementation of Gender Responsive Education Sector Plans (GRESP) to address disparities in education.

She explained that the project is aimed at providing gender-equal education to all.

In his remarks, the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli applauded the centre for ensuring gender-equal education to all.

The Emir tasked the CGE to also focus attention on drug awareness among girls, expressing that drug addiction has now encroached in to homes and schools hence the need for adequate sensitization against the menace.