Nigeria Opens New Schools to Help Girls Return to Education

Nigeria Opens New Schools to Help Girls Return to Education

Nigeria's president and First Lady have relaunched a program to bring girls back to school who dropped out. The country has about 10.5 million children not in school. The government is pairing this girls' initiative with job training centers and help from the World Bank across 18 states. These programs work together, though getting them running smoothly across Nigeria's regions remains difficult.

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