‘Train More Female Teachers To Stop Child Marriage’
Master Umar Farouk Abdullahi, the Speaker Gombe Children’s Parliament, has said that recruitment of more female teachers who would help as role models for young girls would be the easiest way to end early girl child marriage. Information Guide Nigeria
Umar spoke on the sidelines of a media stakeholders’ discussion on the state of the girl child, which was held in Gombe on Wednesday. THIS DAY reports.
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The speaker advised the government of Gombe State to train and equip more female teachers who would in turn serve as role models to these girls in order to make early marriage unattractive to the school girls.
Farouk added that the number of female teachers is less than the male teachers in most of the primary and secondary schools where these female teachers should be made to mentor these girls.
Farouk further said that more schools should be established within the communities to reduce the distance between schools and homes because “many parents don’t support their girls going to schools because of insecurity. Parents are afraid when their girls are going or coming back from schools”.
“I don’t feel good when girls are not educated. It is the right of every citizen to be educated. So, why should this right be denied the girls? I call on the government to please look at girls education in Gombe State and find a solution”. jamb results
“I know about these issues because we’ve had many advocacy visits, engagements, campaigns, and awareness training as well as my commitment. It gave me the knowledge about all these challenges faced by the girls”.
