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Association to equip out-of-school children with digital competencies
The Non-Governmental Association for Literacy Support Services (NOGALSS) has pledged to equip out-of-school children with digital competencies. The National President of NOGALSS, Noah Emmanuel disclosed this in Abuja at a One-Day Stakeholders and Consultative Meeting on GCE-NOGALSS-GIZ Project. The project is titled:”Empowering Children and Youth with Digital Competencies through Inter-Generational Learning in a Fast Developing Digital World for Sustainable Livelihood…
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UNICEF vows to reduce Katsina’s out-of-school children population
The United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF), says it is committed to providing more support to the Katsina State Government towards addressing the rate of out-of-school children in the state. The UNICEF Chief, Kano Field office, Mr Rahama Farah disclosed this when he paid a courtesy visit on the State Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Zainab Musawa. According to Farah, the…
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Group lauds Tinubu for reintegrating 4m out-of-school children
The Democratic Front (TDF) has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s government for successfully reintegrating over four million out-of-school children back to formal education in the last one year. Mr Danjuma Muhammad, Chairman of the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, described the development as a salient milestone. This, he said, was especially because of the growing concern…
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Niger govt moves to check out-of-school children
The Niger state government says it has constituted committee to resuscitate Almajiri education to check out-of-school children issue in the state. The Chairman of the committee, Alhaji Shuaibu Gwada, announced this when members of the committee visited the Estu Nupe and Chairman, Niger State Traditional Council Rulers, Alhaji Abubakar Yahaya in Bida. He said that the committee was set up…
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SG advocates birth control measures to tackle out-of-school children in Nigeria
The Lagos State Government has called for the enactment of birth control law to address the menace of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, Lagos Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, made the call on the sideline of a two-day regional stakeholders meeting. The meeting which was held in Ibadan, from Aug. 12 to Aug. 14, had as its…
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AI, a tool to resolve Nigeria’s out-of-school children crisis – Obasanjo
A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, says that artificial intelligence can be used as a tool to provide solution for millions of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Obasanjo made this assertion at the third international colloquium and 50th anniversary of learning opportunities organised by the Distance Learning Institute (DLI), University of Lagos (UNILAG), on Thursday in Lagos. The theme of the…
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Find solution to out-of-school children crisis—Expert tells govts
SOS Children’s Villages Nigeria, a child-centered international organisation, has advocated urgent need to find solutions to barriers that keep millions of Nigerian children out of school. The National Director of SOS Children’s Villages in Nigeria, Mr Eghosa Erhumwunse, made the call during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Abuja. Erhumwunse said an urgent…
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Kano varsity set to tackle out-of-school children challenge
The Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, Kumbotso, Kano State, says it will address the challenge of out-of-school children for the development of education in the country. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Yahaya Bunkure, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday. He said the problem would be tackled through community…
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4 Northern States brainstorm on out-of-school children in Katsina
Stakeholders in the education sector across the four states of North-West region, on Thursday converged on Katsina to deliberate on ways to address the issue of out-of-school children in their states. The two-day regional stakeholders meeting, which commenced in Katsina, brought together participants from Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa and Kano States. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting…
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