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AGILE: cash support for 104,111 girls and life skills for 60,000
The World Bank-supported AGILE programme pays girls to stay in school and teaches them life skills.
104,111
Girls receiving cash transfers
255
Schools covered
60,000
Girls trained in life skills
Under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), 104,111 girls received conditional cash transfers across 255 schools, and 60,000 girls were empowered with life skills.
Schools also received digital learning materials, solar inverters, hygiene kits, WASH and recreational facilities. The magazine credits the programme with boosting girls' enrolment, retention and performance. The school-building side of AGILE is recorded with the new junior secondary schools.
Sources
Figures are as reported in these sources. Most are the state government's own statements.
