Nigeria: 5 states to benefit from US$100 million education project

GPE media coverage - March 09, 2016 | Source: Radio Nigeria

Primary school students line up before class at Kuje primary school in Abuja, Nigeria. Credit: A World At School/Nick Cavanagh

The states of Kano, Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa, and Sokoto in Nigeria will benefit from a US$100 million grant from the Global Partnership and the World Bank aimed at improving access and quality of basic education with a particular focus on girls and out-of-school children.

Read the whole article in Radio Nigeria.

Focus areas: Basic education, Gender equality, Access to education

Regions and countries: Sub-Saharan Africa: Nigeria

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