Remove the Barriers Stopping Nigerian Girls from Participating in Sport

Girls' sports participation in Nigeria falls by over 60% between ages 12 and 18. The barriers are well documented: lack of female coaches who are trusted by families, absence of appropriate changing facilities, cultural expectations around gender roles, safety concerns walking to facilities, and uniforms that do not accommodate religious and cultural practice. The health, social, and economic consequences of this dropout are significant. Your challenge is to design a girls' sports participation programme for Nigerian secondary schools that addresses at least three of the documented barriers above. The programme must increase girls' participation in physical activity in target schools by at least 40%, be replicable across different cultural contexts within Nigeria, and cost under ₦2,000 per girl per year. Submit a programme design document (max 12 pages) including: the specific barriers addressed and the evidence base, the programme design, how female coaches are recruited and trained, how family concerns are engaged, what sports are offered and why, the outcome measurement approach, cost model, and a plan to deploy in 200 schools across four states. Judging criteria: 35% barrier analysis and intervention quality, 30% cultural adaptation design, 20% cost model and replicability, 15% outcome measurement.