Quality & Inclusive Education
Every child deserves a classroom they can thrive in.
YLN adopts a community-centred, inclusive, and advocacy-driven approach to education — working to improve access, retention, and learning outcomes while strengthening the systems and community structures that support children's education.
Our work connects the everyday experiences of children, adolescent girls, parents, teachers, and communities with state-level policy engagement — ensuring that both local realities and systemic change are addressed together.
How We Work
Community action meets policy change.
YLN works on two complementary tracks — ensuring that community voices inform education decisions while state-level advocacy creates the systemic conditions for lasting change.
Track 1
Community-Level Interventions
At the community level, YLN works directly with adolescent girls, parents, traditional and religious leaders, teachers, and school administrators to address the barriers that prevent children — particularly girls — from accessing and completing their education.
- Community dialogues to identify barriers and develop local solutions
- Storytelling clubs — safe spaces for girls to build confidence and voice
- Girls' re-entry support: engaging parents on pregnant and married adolescents
- Drama-based awareness on girls' education, menstrual health & child protection
- Community ownership of school support and maintenance
Track 2
State-Level Interventions
At the state level, YLN works with government institutions, education agencies, civil society, and development partners to influence policies, strengthen accountability, and promote sustainable improvements in the education sector.
- Education policy advocacy for equitable, inclusive learning
- EmpowerHER — adolescent mentorship clubs in schools
- Education Changemakers — youth-led advocacy initiative
- Gender-responsive education financing & budget monitoring
- Stakeholder coordination with MoE, SUBEB, CSACEFA & partners
- Advocacy for safe, violence-free school environments
What We Do
Key Initiatives
Six interconnected programmes delivering change from the classroom to the policy table.
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Policy Milestone
11 March 2026
Bauchi State Gender in Education Policy signed into law.
YLN led the full development and advocacy process — including School Re-entry Guidelines for Married and Pregnant Adolescents. The process ran from co-creation workshops through expert review, consultative forums, and final validation.
On the Ground
What community action looks like
Community Dialogues
YLN brings together parents, community leaders, teachers, and girls to openly identify what keeps children out of school — and works with them to build locally-owned solutions for access, safety, and retention.
Storytelling Clubs
YLN runs nine community storytelling clubs — safe spaces where adolescent girls build confidence, speak about their experiences, learn their rights, and take ownership of their educational futures.
Girls' Re-entry Support
YLN directly engages parents, religious leaders, and community gatekeepers to challenge the stigma that pushes pregnant and married adolescents out — and advocates for their right to return to and complete school.
Radio & Drama Campaigns
YLN has produced 20 radio programmes and organised community drama performances to shift attitudes on girls' education, menstrual health, and child protection — reaching thousands directly in their communities.
School Stakeholder Forums
YLN has convened two rounds of bi-annual education stakeholder forums across Gamawa, Ganjuwa, and Tafawa Balewa — bringing communities and officials face to face to name the problems and agree on action.
Community School Ownership
YLN mobilises communities to take practical action — from organising support for school repairs to upgrading primary schools to junior secondary level — while holding government accountable for the bigger fixes.
Our Impact
Inclusive Education
in Numbers
Across Bauchi State, YLN's work is translating policy wins and community engagement into real improvements for girls and marginalised learners.
Via 9 storytelling clubs & 3 EmpowerHER mentorship clubs
Of out-of-school girls engaged re-enrolled following programme support
Through dialogues and drama across Gamawa, Ganjuwa & Tafawa Balewa
Young advocates trained through a four-day youth organising workshop
Conducted to promote girls' education and challenge harmful norms
Documented school re-enrolments including 31 in Gamawa LGA
Partnerships
We work with those who share our commitment.
Improving access to quality, inclusive education requires sustained collaboration across government, civil society, and communities.
Get Involved
Every child's education
starts with your support.
Partner with us, volunteer your time, or donate to keep girls and marginalised children in school — and help shape the policies that make it possible.