SOKOTO State Arabic and Islamic Education Board say it has trained no fewer than 1,126 female students, drawn from Islamiyya and Community Junior Arabic Girls Secondary Schools, from across the twenty-three local governments of the state, according to its Executive Secretary, Alhaji Ahmed Baba Altine.
Alhaji Altine who disclosed this during the graduation of the students said that the pilot training programme was in line with the state of emergency on education declared by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.
The Executive Secretary explained that the training was organised in collaboration with a private firm, Garge Multi-Purpose Enterprises, adding that, it would soon be replicated to cover all schools under the board, across the state.
Alhaji Altine further disclosed that the students underwent a three-month intensive training in various skills including the production of detergents, toiletries, beverages, sewing and knitting, among others.
He said: “This is a new innovation by the board to make the students are self-reliant, productive, as well as curb poverty and unemployment.
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“This a deliberate policy targeting only females students and which has culminated in the introduction of skills acquisition in our schools curriculum.
“The gesture is also aimed at further boosting the economy of the state and the country in general.
“The policy had greatly bolstered schools enrolment, retention and completion across the state,” he explained.
The Executive Secretary however promised to sustain the scheme.
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