Women Support Adult Education Encouragement.

Women in Bauchi State have embraced Adult Education with the support from their husbands.

Speaking at a one-day workshop held by the United Nations Children’s Education Funds, in partnership with the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, some of the women expressed gratitude to their husbands, adding that, the workshop is to build the capacity of women to accelerate more enrollment of Bauchi women into acquiring basic education, in line with the International Women’s Day Celebration held in Bauchi with the theme “Invest in Women”

The workshop is also in partnership with the Office of the First Lady, the State Universal Education Board and the Bauchi State Agency for Mass Education,

One of the beneficiaries of the workshop, Juliana Akinlapa said without the support of her husband, she would not have been able to participate in the workshop, adding that she has also enrolled in one of the Informal learning centres for Adult Education in the State.

Speaking earlier at the training, the Chairperson of NAWOJ, Rasheeda Yusuf, spoke on the crucial role women play in nation-building and stressed the importance of establishing informal learning centres to address women’s educational needs.