The European Union has begun making investments to improve the quality of teaching in Nigeria’s northwest geopolitical zone.
The European Union, EU, has announced the investment of an additional €5.4 million in building the capacity of teachers in the North-West region in Nigeria.
The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, made this known at the official launch of the €40 million intervention programme on education and youth empowerment in North-Western Nigeria through the Global Gateway initiative.
According to Urpilainen, the investment is in line with EU’s commitment to crashing the high number of out of school children in the Northwest region of Nigeria.
Furthermore, this investment will be improving access to quality education and empowering youths in the region.
“This component is complemented by a €5.4 million separate programme that we signed today, which is dedicated to teachers for aiming to build their resilience and capacity in challenging environments.
“We have to remember that there is no education without teachers and that’s why we also have to invest in teacher training.
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“The third objective of our programme is really that it empowers youth with the skills they need, providing vocational education as promoting behavioral change campaigns to challenge harmful social norms and empower girls,” she said.
EU Plans Vocational Training
Urpilainen said that the European Union was equally out to provide vocational education and training for Nigerian youths in order to equip them with the necessary skills required to excel in the Labour market.
“This ambitious programme launched today has been designed with Nigerian authorities to ensure the ownership and an adequate response to the local needs.
“The EU is not only targeting the youth through this specific programme, it is also bringing the youth to the driving seat and this is why as the EU, we set up the Youth Sounding Board, also here in Nigeria, as well as in many countries to make sure that what we do is for the youth but also by the youth.”
