NCDMB and NGO unite to get teenage mothers back to school, vocational training program

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is working with a women's rights group, StandUp for Women Society (SWS), to support teenage mothers in Bayelsa.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 20 teenage mothers who dropped out of school in Bayelsa have been re-enrolled in education and vocational skills training programmes.

The NCDMB-funded initiative, implemented by SWS, is in collaboration with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Legal Aid Community Development Services Group.

Timbiri Augustine, Deputy Director, Capacity Building, NCDMB, said the teenagers, selected from rural communities in the Yenagoa local government area, would undergo training in fashion design, catering, facial makeup and hairdressing for three months at the Bayelsa Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Yenagoa.

He revealed it during his speech at the inauguration on Wednesday at the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality in Yenagoa.

He said the board places so much emphasis on training and developing human capital, hence the support for training.

Mr. Augustine, who praised the stakeholders for initiating the training, underscored its importance for the development of young women, adding that this was the first time the category of people would be captured by the council for the skill acquisition training. skills.

"We noted that employment is limited but there is the window of entrepreneurship that is open for all of us; there are only two ways to generate income, either as a service provider , either as a producer, or both.

"This training will expose you to the skills needed to become a service provider and producer.

“We expect maximum engagement, you have a role to play; we play our own role, trainers are expected to play their own role just as you are also expected to play your own role and stay engaged and aligned with our expectations.

Mr. Augustine thanked the stakeholders involved in the training, adding that the NCDMB knows the importance of partnership and collaboration as a key priority.

The Rector of the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, Prof. Apuega Arikawie commended the NCDMB for using the facilities offered by the Institute for its various trainings and for funding different programs in the Delta. Niger and in the country in general.

He said the NCDMB thought it wise to sponsor the program to empower teenage girls to care for their children and make them entrepreneurs, reduce crime, poverty and other anti-social vices that plague the Niger delta.

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In her speech, Eunice Nnachi, President of SWS, Bayelsa Chapter, said the training program aims to achieve social integration and give hope to teenage mothers who have found themselves in the role of parent at a tender age.

Ms. Nnachi explained that trainees would receive stipends and starter kits to enable them to become self-sufficient.

She noted that more than 100 teenage mothers had been captured and would undergo the skills training which would take place in different phases.

According to her, arrangements were put in place to ensure that the program was well monitored and supervised for optimal impact on the beneficiaries.

(NAN)

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