Connect with us

News

We have made progress with out-of-school children –FG

Published

on

The Federal Government has said that the number of out-of-school children in the country reduced from 10.1 million in 2019 to 6.9 million in 2020.

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on Thursday made this known during the annual ministerial briefing on the activities of the ministries in 2020.

“I can, however, tell you that through the BESDA initiative, we have reduced the figure of out-of-school children from 10.1 million to 6.9 million.” he said.

Read also: Most out of school children in Katsina are not Nigerians, Masari says

He added that the National Association of Proprietors and School Owners of Nigeria recorded the enrollment of one million children.

He noted that the sum of $611 million secured through the World Bank credit facility to support Universal Basic Education was put to judicious use.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now