A non-governmental organisation, Action Health Incorporated, in collaboration with the Osun State Government, has organised a three-day training for 45 secondary school teachers in the state focusing on Comprehensive Sexuality Education and the prevention of Female Genital Mutilation.
The training was organised with support from the United Nations Population Fund under the UNFPA-UNICEF joint programme on the elimination of Female Genital Mutilation.
Speaking on Wednesday at the exercise held at Osun Government Secretariat in Osogbo, the South-West Gender/FGM Analyst for UNFPA, Mrs Uzoma Ayodeji, said the training was designed to equip teachers with the knowledge and skills to engage students on sexuality education and to accelerate efforts toward ending FGM.
Ayodeji explained that participants, drawn from both public and private schools across the state, would be expected to step down the training in their various schools to reach more students, particularly young girls.
“Teachers are the nurturers of every Nigerian child. They are frontline actors in education, and they are in daily contact with these teenagers.
