UNICEF, others send over 1.5 million girls to school in northern Nigeria
The Federal Ministry of Education, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom, and UNICEF executed the Girls’ Education Programme Phase 3 (GEP3) from 2012 to 2022 across six northern Nigerian states: Katsina, Kano, Niger, Sokoto, Zamfara, and Bauchi.
The collaborators reported that the $109 million investment in GEP3 produced favorable outcomes in enrolling an additional 1.5 million girls in schools, significantly surpassing the project’s objectives, during the national closing ceremony in Abuja on November 24, 2022.
Advancement in girls’ education
Girls’ primary school enrollment escalated from 43% to 70% in the six states, while gender parity improved from 0.73 to 0.97.
GEP3 aimed to enhance the quality of education for all children while also aidin...



















