Women in Elective Positions from 1999 - 2011 S/N LEGISLATURE 1999 2003 2007 2011 1 2 3 4 5 SENATE HOUSE OF REPS. STATES HOUSES OF ASSEMBLY DEPUTY GOVERNORS Total 3 12 9 3 21 25 9 27 54 7 24 69 1 25 2 51 6 96 1 101 6.5.3 In order to ensure greater women participation in politics and public office holding, the present Administration fulfilled its election campaign promise by increasing women representation in public political appointments to 35%. The number of women appointed into the Federal Executive Council (FEC) increased from 6 in 2009 to 13 in 2011, while the total number of women elected into political offices increased from 96 in the 2007 general election to 101 in 2011. Girl child enrolment into schools has also increased significantly to the extent that in some states, boys secondary schools have been converted to combined secondary schools in order to accommodate the influx of girls in the secondary schools. 6.5.4 The Federal and State Governments are already addressing the issues arising from the above challenges by: building more primary and secondary schools to make the classroom conditions more conducive for teaching and learning; Introducing a new education curriculum for primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. This enlarged curricular, which includes technological and technical skills’ acquisition, is geared towards self sustaining education that will guarantee self reliance instead of the former curriculum that left school leavers and graduates in the job market; more capacity widening training programmes for teachers under the UBEB and NTI schemes; establishment of nine (9) new federal universities in order to expand the landscape of tertiary institutions that would be absorbing the increased turnout of students from secondary schools. 94