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Source: All Africa
Federal Government has appealed to states to commit their resources to gender education issues to fast track Nigeria meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.
Minister of State for Education Barrister Nyesom Wike who delivered a keynote address at the 11th Girls Child Education National Steering Committee meeting in Abuja yesterday, said the ministry is at present addressing the drop-out syndrome of boys/girls from schools through the rehabilitation of schools and advocacy visits to states to sensitize planners and ensure adequate community participation, especially by women.
According to him: "The Federal Ministry of Education recognises the critical role of girl-child education and has made it a top priority, hence the scale up of girls' education interventions to all states of the federation."
Wike noted that the interventions in girls' education are designed to address the Millennium Development Goals, MDGS, Two and Three and assist Nigeria in attaining its Universal Basic Education goals by 2015.
The minister who is also the chairman of the National Steering Committee, commended the British Department for International Development, DFID and UNICEF for their funding initiatives and technical support towards enhancing girl-child education.