Out- Of -School Children: FG Plans To Enroll 2.9m Pupils In School Annually
The Federal Government on Monday said it plans to enroll about 2. 9 million pupils annually in four years to reduce the figure of out-of-school children in Nigeria.
Nigeria currently has the highest number of out of school children in the world with 11. 4 million out–of–school children out of the 20 million worldwide.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said 60 per cent of the 11.4 million out-of-school children in Nigeria are girls.
Adamu, who said this at the presentation of “Education for change,” a Ministerial Strategic Plan (2016-2019) to stakeholders in Abuja, said only 3.1 million or 17 per cent nomadic children of school-age had access to basic education despite decades of intervention.
He therefore said government would urgently raise the national Net Enrollment Rate (NER) to ensure that all out-of-school children are enrolled in basic education schools in the next four years.
The minister said: “Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in the world with 11. 4 million out- of-school children of the 20 million worldwide.
These include the girl-child, Almajiri-child, children of nomadic pastoralists and migrant fishermen and more recently the children displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency.
“60 per cent of the 11.4 million out-of-school children in Nigeria are girls. Only a fraction (17 per cent) of the 3.1 million nomadic children of school-age has access to basic education despite decades of intervention. Similarly, only a small proportion of the FME’s 20120 estimate of 9.5 million Almajiri children have access to any form of basic education.”
Source: The Nation
More Stories
BANDITS ATTACK CONFLUENCE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, OSARA, KOGI STATE
An unknown number of students were kidnapped by bandits when they invaded the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH)...
LAGOS EDUCATION DISTRICT II HOLDS Y2024 ANNUAL SPORTS FESTIVAL
… Showcases Amazing Sports Talents Among Students In a vibrant atmosphere of athleticism and camaraderie, Government Model College, Ikorodu,...
EDUCATION DISTRICT II CELEBRATES YORUBA CULTURE, TRADITIONAL DAY IN IMOTA
To ensure the core values of the rich cultural heritage of Imota and its environs are not lost among the...
NIGERIAN-AMERICAN TEENAGER, ASHLEY ADIRIKA BAGS $4M SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Ashley Adirika, a 17-year-old Nigerian-American girl, has won a $4 million scholarship to attend Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Adirika...
UNILAG BEST GRADUATING STUDENT, AKANMU WITH CGPA OF 5.O BAGS PRESTIGIOUS STANFORD UNI SCHOLARSHIP
David Akanmu, the University of Lagos' top graduating student in 2024, has been selected as a 2024 Knight-Hennessy Scholar. The Knight-Hennessy Scholars...
BRICKHALL SCHOOL CLOSED FOR ONE WEEK OVER DEATH OF FOUR-YEAR-OLD BOY IN ABUJA
The Brickhall School in Abuja announced on Wednesday that the school would be closing for one week to mourn the passing...