A group of women in Damboa has started building a school for uneducated married women.

The chairman of Damboa Women’s Collaboration Council, Hauwa Chadko, told RNI that they had received money from the Jama’atul Nasurul Islam and the Christian Association of Nigeria, which they had unanimously agreed to use to build a school for women at grassroots level.

Research had shown that more than 80% of women in the Damboa local government area were uneducated.

Chadko said, because of the shocking results of the research, the women’s collaboration had decided to build the school for women who had not been given the chance to go to school in their childhood.

“We have not completed the building yet. But as soon as it is finished we will start teaching 100 married women. If necessary we will increase the number.

She said a form would be given to each guarantor – husbands and parents – who would agree to help with the running costs of the school. “We have not disclosed the price but we will make it public soon.”

Chadko said they had not made any arrangements about teachers but they had written to the education secretary and adult education officer of Borno State, telling them that they would need teachers to help school the uneducated women in the area.

Karu Malam, a married woman from the area, said she welcomed the idea of a school that would help women – particularly married women – to become educated.

“We are hungry for education. I’ve never been to any school and uneducated married women like me are many,” she said.

Fatima Mohammed, said even though the school had not been completed yet, she was happy with the effort of the initiators. She thanked the members of the Damboa Women’s Collaboration Council and prayed for their progress.