{
  "id": 10519688,
  "title": "AGILE: Yobe Targets 275 Schools To Boost Girls’ Education",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/agile-yobe-targets-275-schools-to-boost-girls-education",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-28T19:10:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/agile-yobe-targets-275-schools-to-boost-girls-education/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Yobe State Government, via the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), aims to construct 50 new secondary schools and rehabilitate 225 existing ones to enhance girls' access to quality education in the region. Malam Abdullahi Dahiru Bulah, Project Coordinator of AGILE Yobe State, announced this during the inauguration of local government facilitators and mobilisers for community awareness, engagement, participation, and behavioral change in the 17 local government areas of the state. AGILE comprises three key components: providing safe and accessible quality education, creating an enabling environment for girls to stay in school, and strengthening the education system. The first component involves constructing 50 new secondary schools for girls and rehabilitating 225 existing ones, including 104 schools through small and medium grants and preparations for 121 schools under the large-grant component. Community engagement plays a crucial role, with facilitators and mobilisers tasked with altering perceptions and social norms that discourage parents from sending girls to school. The second component includes life skills, digital skills, second-chance education, and conditional cash transfers. AGILE has procured 875 desktop computers for 35 secondary schools, with each receiving 25 computers, along with solar power, internet facilities, and teacher training. An additional 15 schools are set to benefit from the digital skills component. The project also established 20 non-formal learning centers and is constructing 100 more, totaling about 120 centers to provide literacy, numeracy, and livelihood skills to girls who missed formal schooling. Conditional cash transfers are provided to girls at key transition points to help them meet educational needs. AGILE prioritizes girls due to their unique challenges, such as menstrual hygiene and access to safe sanitation facilities. The success of the initiative hinges on effective community engagement and behavioral change, especially in encouraging families to value and support girls' education. Mu'azu Alhaji Modu, CEO of Spotlight for Transparency and Accountability Initiative (STAI), mentioned that STAI was engaged by AGILE to conduct social and behavioral change communication across the state.",
  "summary": "The Yobe State Government, through the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), is targeting the construction of 50 new secondary schools and rehabilitation of 225 existing ones to improve girls’ access to quality education in the state. The Project Coordinator of AGILE Yobe State, Malam Abdullahi Dahiru Bulah, disclosed this at the inception […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}