The Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, yesterday described the number of out-of-school children, especially in northern Nigeria, as a time bomb that must be addressed.
He spoke at the 2023 Bauchi Education Summit held at Dr Saad Abubakar Hajj Camp, Bauchi, with the theme: ‘Nurturing a flourishing future: Improving access and quality education in Bauchi State’.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) had recently said one in three children in Nigeria was out of school, totalling 10.2 million at the primary level and 8.1 million at the junior secondary school (JSS) level.
The governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, had, in October while meeting with senior citizens and elders in the state on the activities of his administration, put the number of out-of-school children in the state at 680,000.
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, had, in 2019, said parents of out-of-school children should face the full wrath of law for refusing to send their children to school….Daily Trust
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