Ministry: Benue accounts for 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria


The Federal Ministry of Education, FMOE, weekend disclosed that Benue state accounts for over 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria placing the state on the list of states with low school enrollment rates.

The Director, Basic and Secondary Education in the Ministry, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir made this known at the ceremony for identification and enrollment of out-of -school children in the state held in Gwer West and Apa Local Government Areas, LGAs, of the state.

She said it was on that basis that the two LGAs were selected in the pilot phase of the enrollment drive campaign to help the state enroll more children into school.

According to a statement by the Information Officer of BSUBEB, Mrs. Erdoo Sar, the Director who was represented by the Deputy Director Gender Branch, FMOE, Mrs. Felicia Abuka, charged the board to redouble its efforts towards eradicating the incidence of out-of-school children in the state.

“UNICEF reports indicated that Nigeria accounts for one in every five out-of-school children in the world and 45 percent of the children in West Africa; while Benue state accounts for 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria. This places Benue on the list of states with low school enrollment rates.



“It is on this basis that Apa and Gwer-West LGAs were selected in the pilot phase of the enrollment drive campaign.This exercise is also taking place simultaneously in Benue, Nasarawa and Zamfara States in the first series of interventions carried out by the FMOE,” she was quoted as saying.

Benue state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar, represented by Mr. Matthew Idoko while lauding the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu for the intervention sued for the sustenance of the programme.

On his part, the Executive Chairman of BSUBEB, Comrade Joseph Utse, represented by the Permanent Member II at the Board, Mr. Johnson Ahubi, thanked the Federal Ministry of Education for choosing Benue state for the enrollment drive activity.

He commended the Minister of Education for changing the fortunes of the 75 Pupils selected from Apa and the 75 selected from Gwer West LGAs and expressed optimism that the move would help take Benue state out of the list of states with high prevalence of out-of-school children.

DenreleDave:
Mumu state after Kogi

justosee:
close to 99% of out of school children are probably from the North

DamnnNiggarr:

The Federal Ministry of Education, FMOE, weekend disclosed that Benue state accounts for over 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria placing the state on the list of states with low school enrollment rates.

https://www.today.ng/news/nigeria/ministry-benue-accounts-260000-school-children-nigeria-332742

Mostly to be blame for this is the insecurities ravaging the North!!!

Check for the 260,000 in IDP camps, burial ground is too heavy for my mouth to talk!

Will you blame Kastina tomorrow if they refuse to go to school

She said it was on that basis that the two LGAs were selected in the pilot phase of the enrollment drive campaign to help the state enroll more children into school.

OJay360:
Food basket of the nation but one of the poorest state in Nigeria shows that agriculture is an overhyped trash

helinues:


Ortom and Ikpeazu are good friends in real life oo.

Imagine make Yaya Bello con join the caucus..

Ever8090:
your brain is the trash if it actually contained such mumuisim..for the fact that you can do without technology and crude but can't survive without agriculture makes your mumuisim top notch

helinues:


Ortom and Ikpeazu are good friends in real life oo.

Imagine make Yaya Bello con join the caucus..