The Federal Ministry of Education, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and partners on Wednesday unveiled a package on “Gender-Based Violence Information” for basic education in Nigeria.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a 13 episode TV drama was also unveiled on Wednesday in Abuja to tackle Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, said the GBV basic education is for school students.
“We have disarticulated most of the materials in Gender-Based Violence and put them in a readable form to take it into our classrooms.
“Our understanding is that the education of the girl-child is very important. We will make sure the girl-child stays in school and provide for her every support we can.
“We also want to educate others to appreciate that the same rights they have, the girl-child also has.
“So, a young boy should be educated so that he can know what to do and what not to do to the girl-child,” Nwajiuba said.
In her remarks, Mrs Moma Enang, Representative of the Director, UNESCO Regional Office, Abuja, said the package will promote gender equality and curb violence against women.
She also noted that the 13 episode drama was produced by Wale Adenuga under the Spotlight initiative and which marks the 16 days of activism against GBV.
“The objective of this initiative is to have a country where women and girls live a life that is free from all forms of violence and harmful practices.
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“The spotlight initiative will enhance gender equality and reduce Gender-Based Violence,” Enang said.
According to Mrs Hadizah Dorayi, the National Programme Director of Spotlight Initiative, the aim of the project is to raise awareness of the younger generation.
“It is very necessary that, each time we talk about Gender-Based Violence, children should know what to do and where to seek help from.
“This is why we produced this materials targeted at children from primary 1-3; primary 4-6 and Jss 1-3 and made the materials to vary from these three different sets.
“We also made them child-friendly with pictures, stories and comics to make it more intriguing to them.
“We have trained teachers to be able to disseminate information from the materials,” Dorayi said.
Also speaking, Mr Noah Emmanuel, President of Non-Governmental Association for Literacy Support Services (NOGALSS), commended all the agencies for their support and supervision to ensure a successful package.
“The association is proud to be part of the Spotlight initiative; to produce the packages in order to inform and educate children on basic education,” Emmanuel said.
NAN reports that the Spotlight initiative is implemented in Adamawa, Cross River, Ebonyi, Lagos and Sokoto States as well as the FCT.
