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According to the World Bank, The Girl-Child in Nigeria have fewer educational opportunities, limited access to credit and productive resources, poorer labour market outcomes when gaps in human capital are considered and they face considerable health risks due to early and frequent childbearing.
Adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable, making adolescence a critical window for support to improve development outcomes. Improving girls’ education will be vital as it is a powerful transformative force for the girls, their communities, and the economy. Girls’ education, especially at the secondary level, is consistently found to positively influence girls’ lives and drive other positive development outcomes.
Each additional year of junior secondary school (JSS) or senior secondary school (SSS) is associated with, on average, a 6% reduction in the probability of having a child before age 18 and a 10 percent increase in income. (World Bank 2012)
With the above in view, the TARM project aims to provide alternative training for female teachers in selected public secondary schools in Nigeria. In addition, the female teachers will serve as role models and mentors, thereby bridging the gap between the girls and possible hindrances to completing their secondary education.
By training 5 thousand teachers, TARM would provide mentorship for 25 thousand girls in the next five years.
Collaborating with Step Up Nigeria and MacArthur Foundation as the pilot grantor, Illmi Children’s Fund launched the TARM PROJECT. The pilot phase is structured to train 60 teachers from selected Junior and Senior Secondary schools across the six area councils in Abuja.
TARM is an advocacy, mentorship, and skill training program for female teachers in Secondary Schools across Nigeria. In most communities in Nigeria, most teachers are females, as teaching is one of the few professional jobs available within urban and rural communities, which affords them the flexibility to run their homes and make a decent living.
Our objective is to highlight the importance of girl child education by training and empowering an army of passionate teachers who would serve as mentors to their female students and other young girls, thereby guiding these girls to complete their secondary
education and possibly pursue a university degree.
The Model Teacher Project aligns with goals 4 and 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve quality education and gender equality for women and girls.
QUALITY EDUCATION
GENDER EQUALITY
TARM is an advocacy, mentorship, and skill training program for female teachers in Secondary Schools across Nigeria. In most communities in Nigeria, most teachers are females, as teaching is one of the few professional jobs available within urban and rural communities, which affords them the flexibility to run their homes and make a decent living.
Our objective is to highlight the importance of girl child education by training and empowering an army of passionate teachers who would serve as mentors to their female students and other young girls, thereby guiding these girls to complete their secondary
education and possibly pursue a university degree.
The Model Teacher Project aligns with goals 4 and 5 of the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve quality education and gender equality for women and girls.
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TARM seeks to empower female teachers and enhance secondary school completion of the girl-child by using the trained teachers as mentors and guides to bridge any hindrances to girl child secondary education enrolment and completion.