Neglect of many years started it all. Now, 10.5 million kids are out of school in Nigeria, according to the United Nations estimates. Sixty per cent...
States, such as Kano, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Kaduna, Taraba, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara, Oyo, Benue, Jigawa and Ebonyi, top the chart of those with the highest number of out-of-school kids. MARTINS ODEH examines governments’ strategies to reverse the trendNeglect of many years started it all. Now, 10.5 million kids are out of school in Nigeria, according to the United Nations estimates. Sixty per cent of the out-of- school are in the North.
The Federal Government was not oblivious of the infrastructural decay, low school enrolment and importance of basic education, as it established the Universal Basic Education in 1999. Kano State is desirous to upgrade infrastructure and boost enrolment. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, during a working visit to Minister of Education Malam Adamu Adamu in Abuja, promised to harmonise the Almajiri education system into modern academic curriculum
Aminu explained that the campaign, which targeted the enrolment of 145,000 pupils in 2019, would be carried out under the World Bank assisted Better Education Service Delivery for All . The Executive Chairman of the board, Chief Ikeje Asogwa, disclosed this when the State House of Assembly Committee on Education visited the board on an oversight function.
The Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board , Dr Nureni Adeniran, said the state was committed to boosting enrolment. The Nasarawa State government said over 8, 000 out-of-school children had been re-organised and returned to almajiri schools in Keffi Local Government Area.The Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board , said it was currently executing 581 projects in public primary schools across the 17 local government areas of the state.
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