Government policies that affect girl-child education since 1985 include:
1986: Blueprint on Women’s Education. An outreach and awareness campaign to promote the importance of equal education, increase the available educational resources for females and reduce dropout rates among female students.
1986: Nomadic Education Programme. Increase the access to education for children of Nomads without jeopardising pastoralism.
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1991: National Commission for Mass Literacy and Non-formal Education. A policy to motivate parents and families to send their school-age children to school and to establish training facilities that concentrate on domestic science, home economics and crafts.
1994: Family Support Basic Education Programme. A programme to encourage families living in rural areas to send girls to go to school as a means of promoting youth development.
1999: Universal Basic Education. Reduction in geographic and gender disparity in school enrolment.
2001: National Policy on Women
2002: Education For-all Fast Track Initiative.
2003: Strategy for Acceleration of Girls Education in Nigeria.
2004: National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategies (NEEDS).
2004: Universal Basic Education Act.
