Build a Literacy Programme for Out-of-School Girls in Northern Nigeria

In Kano and Sokoto States, fewer than half of girls complete primary school. The reasons are layered: early marriage, the cost of uniforms and materials, distance to school, and family preference for keeping girls at home. Formal school re-entry is often not realistic for girls already out of the system for two or more years. Community learning spaces run by trusted women facilitators have shown results in similar contexts across Niger and Mali, but most programmes are designed by international NGOs with no grounding in local language, culture, or daily schedules. There is space for a model built from the ground up. Your task is to design a 12-week literacy and numeracy programme for out-of-school girls aged 10 to 17. The programme should be deliverable in a community setting, not a formal school. It should account for Hausa as the primary language of instruction, low facilitator training levels, and zero reliance on electricity or internet. Submit a curriculum outline covering 12 weeks of sessions, a two-page facilitator guide written so that a literate community member with no teaching qualification could use it, and a one-page pitch document addressed to a state government education office or a named NGO operating in the region. Good work will show you have read at least one real programme evaluation from the Sahel and have made deliberate choices, not just listed good intentions.