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Bauchi NGO Decries Inadequacy OF Female Teachers In Rural Areas

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Friday, December 9th, 2016
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The Bauchi High Level Women Advocates (HILWA) has observed with concern the inadequate number of female teachers in schools especially in rural areas in Bauchi State, saying it was hindering the education of the girl child in the state.

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Chairperson of HILWA, Hon. Maryam Bagel stated this during a commemoration of the International Day of Girl Child organised by HILWA in collaboration with the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and UNICEF with a theme ‘Girls Progress Equal Goals Progress’ held in Bauchi recently.

Bagel, who is also the only female member in Bauchi State House of Assembly (BAHA) lamented that primary school female teachers constitute only 30 per cent of the total number of teachers in the state.

According to her, “The current Nigeria Education Data Survey (NEDS) 2015 shows that the number of rural females without any form of schooling in the country is put at 49 per cent”.

“In many cases, families cannot cater for the education of all the children in the household, giving room for preference in selecting those qualifies for school patriarchal system encourages make preference in education,” she said.

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