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Context

Niger is, after South Sudan and the Central African Republic, the third country in terms of low access to education for girls. In this 20-million inhabitants country, only one girl out of 2 goes to middle school, one girl out of ten attends middle school and one girl out of fifty reaches high school. Moreover, 75% og nigerian girls are married before the age of 18. 

The access to secondary education for young girls is especially low in the Tillabéry Region where is located the Ganguel plateau, AMADE's area of intervention.

50% of girls have access to primary schools on the plateau, sometimes in very basic conditions (straw hut classes, no electricity, no latrine), but only 16% of them attend the Saga Fondo middle school.

Facing this analysis, AMADE initiated in partneship with the Nigerian Minsitry of Education a large program to renovate and build school infrastructures. This program aims to improve access conditions to primary education and to promote the access to secondary education, especially for young girls. During the first phase of the program in 2016, 4 classrooms, an administrative buiding and a library were built in the Saga Fondo middle school. 8 classrooms were also built in 5 primary schools on the plateau.

The second phase of the program will allow the construction of additional school infrastructures  and will be emphasising on awareness activities towards local communities to promote access to education for girls, prevention of early marriage and the importance of birth registration.

 

Completed activities

School infrastructures : Construction and equipment of 6 classrooms in 3 primary schools, as well as 4 classrooms in the Saga Fondo middle school. These classrooms will be replacing straw hut classrooms curently used in these schools.

Access to hygiene : Construction of 3 latrine blocks in two primary schools and in the Saga Fondo high school

Access to drinking water and electricity : Construction of 2 watering holes in one primary school and in the Saga Fondo middle school.  Saga Fondo middle school will also be connected to the national electricity network.

Supply of 1 725 textbooks adapted to each academic level in the beneficiary primary schools

Awareness activities : Local actors will be accompanied in order to ensure access to education to young girls, prevention of early marriage and birth registration.

Results

- 6 classrooms and 2 blocks of latrines in 3 primary schools (Daraina, Sétoré, Karey Gorou) and 4 classrooms and 1 block of latrines in Saga Fondo middle school have been built and are ready to accommodate students for the 2022-2023 school year.

 

- A water tower has been connected to electricity and now provides drinking water for the college of Saga Fondo.

- The Saga Fondo college is electrified.

- 10 classrooms within 4 schools have been equipped with 25 bench-tables each.

- 1,900 textbooks were distributed in 4 primary schools.

- School management committees have been strengthened in their capacities. They are now able to assume their role in terms of management and support for schools, but also in terms of mobilizing communities around the themes of childbirth education, prevention of early marriage and birth registration.

- They have participated in the organization of awareness sessions on the issues of education for young girls, early marriage and birth registration.

Education

Improving school coverage on the Ganguel Plateau

  • Niger

    Tillabéry

  • Project status

    In progress

  • Duration

    2017 - 2021

  • Funding

    375 035 €

  • Beneficiaries

    1 060 pupils in primary school, including 528 girls

    497 pupils in middle school, including 190 girls

  • Partners

    Nigerien Ministry of National Education

    Municipalities of Bitinkondji and Commune V in Niamey

    SOS SAHEL

  • Objectives

    - Improving the access to quality education to children living in the intervention area

    - Promoting the access to secondary education, especially for young girls

    - Preventing early marriage and promoting child registration