Tag: out-of-school Children
Oyo SUBEB to end out-of-school children menace
The implementation of the Better Education Service Delivery for All programme (BESDA), an initiative of the Federal Government, has changed…
Oyo, UBEC adopt ‘Iwe-Kika’ for out-of-school children
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Oyo State has adopted a literary book, ‘Iwe-kika’ (Book reading) for the implementation…
Nigeria has Africa’s highest out-of-school children
Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said that Nigeria has an estimated 10,193,918 Out-of-School Children, the highest in sub-Saharan…
Reps. seek solution to out-of-school children
Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has urged members to attend Thursday’s plenary dedicated to seeking solutions to…
500,000 Kano out-of-school children enrolled
The Kano State Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi-Kiru, says over 500,000 out-of-school children in the state are now back to…
10m out-of-school children, 65m illiterates in Nigeria – NMAC
The National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-formal Education (NMAC) says there are 65 million Nigerians that can neither…
Out of school children increases to 13.2m – UBEC
Mr Hamid Bobboyi, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has said that the number of out-of-school children increased from…
Governments urged to address Almajiri, out-of-school children issues
Prof. Steve Nwokeocha, Department of Sociology, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Niger, has called on the Federal and State…
175 out-of-school children in Niger benefit from free education
The Niger State Government on Wednesday said it had started sponsoring 175 out-of-school children in various public primary and secondary…
World Bank earmarks $620 million grant to tackle menace of out-of-school Children
The World Bank has disclosed that it has set aside the sum of $620 million as grant specifically meant to…