Sokoto: In northern Nigeria, countless women never had the chance to finish school or attend one in the first place. In Sokoto, in the country’s northwest, some of these women are now reclaiming that opportunity. Halimatu Hassan dropped out of school as a teenager after she got married. Now she is back in class, surrounded by women like her at a school in Sokoto, a town in northeast Nigeria.
According to Deutsche Welle, countless women who never had the chance at a full education are getting a second chance. The Women’s Centre for Continuing Education in Sokoto is enrolling students, charging just 5,000 Naira (about $3.50) per term.