Katsina: In a significant move toward inclusive education, the Katsina State Government has successfully reintegrated no fewer than 42,781 girls into formal schooling through the World Bank-supported Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project.
The initiative addresses long-standing barriers to girls’ education—including poverty, early marriage, and limited infrastructure—by providing scholarships, school upgrades, and mentorship programs.
Dr Mustapha Shehu, the AGILE Coordinator in the state, disclosed this at a one-day community sensitisation campaign in Katsina on Tuesday.
The campaign’s theme is “Strengthening Community Support for Girls’ Education through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT)”.
Shehun noted that the success was recorded over about five years, since the project commenced in the state.
He added that, within the period, through the first, second, and third cohorts, the project had improved the economic status of approximately 115,568 households.
He revealed that the disbursement of support to no fewer than 48,000 parents and 43,000 girls through scholarships had commenced in cohort four of the project.