The World Bank is supporting the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Education to implement the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project.

Project Development Objective

The project development objective is to improve secondary education opportunities among adolescent girls in targeted areas in participating states. The seven participating states include Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Plateau. The project aims to achieve its objective by addressing the critical binding constraints adolescent girls face that limit their ability to complete secondary school. The project will use a comprehensive approach to address these constraints by using the school, family and community platforms to empower adolescent girls. The approach will consist of interventions aimed at keeping girls in school and providing opportunities for them to, acquire critical life and market-relevant skills not currently offered in schools.

AGILE-supported interventions will reach about 182 Local Government Authorities (LGAs) of the participating states, and all public and Junior Secondary Schools (JSSs) and Senior Secondary Schools (SSSs), while prioritizing targeted areas that are poor and have the lowest secondary transition rates among girls in participating states. The AGILE project will benefit all adolescents (boys and girls) in public secondary schools (state/LGA, integrated Islamiyaa schools and community schools).