{"id":40437,"date":"2022-08-24T15:24:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/?p=40437"},"modified":"2022-08-24T15:24:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:24:25","slug":"nigerias-out-of-school-children-population-is-down-from-10-5m-to-6-9m-bmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/24\/nigerias-out-of-school-children-population-is-down-from-10-5m-to-6-9m-bmo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s out of school children population is down from 10.5m to 6.9m &#8211; BMO"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" aria-label=\"Content\">\n<p class=\"entry-title\">The current number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is 6.9 million, contrary to the various figures bandied around in the media space.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/23\/buhari-hosts-indian-minister-recollects-days-at-defence-college-in-india\/\"><strong>Buhari Media Organisation (BMO)<\/strong> <\/a>in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke, the figure recently cited by the minister of education Adamu Adamu is more authentic than figures from any other source.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent times, various figures have been quoted by different individuals and groups as the number of out-of-school children in the country without a recourse to the actual authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we find surprising is that many have opted to ignore data supplied by the education ministry as far back as 2021 and prefer instead to hold on to outdated information for whatever reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recall that at the 2020 annual ministerial press briefing of the ministry addressed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/07\/20\/tinubu-has-chosen-to-walk-along-abiolas-path-in-picking-shettima-adamu\/\"><strong>Minister Adamu Adamu<\/strong><\/a> in January 2021, he was emphatic that \u2018Nigeria now has 6.9 million out-of-school children contrary to the previous figure of 10.5m that was first released in 2015, but is still being cited by many individuals and groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201d And only recently, the minister used the occasion of another ministerial briefing to emphasize that the number has since 2020 dropped to 6.9m as a result of some of the initiatives introduced by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The group said that an initiative known as Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) has been instrumental in improving enrolment in schools in many parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBESDA is the singular most important initiative by the\u00a0 All Progressives Congress APC-led administration that has helped to drastically reduce the number of out-of-school children in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative which was launched in 2018 and backed by a 611million dollars World Bank funding has focused on increasing school enrolment in 17 states which are considered as having the highest number of out-of-school children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cData obtained from the Education ministry show that in one year alone, a total of 1,053,422 out-of-school children were enrolled in schools in the 17 beneficiary States under the BESDA programme as follows: Adamawa, 25,714; Bauchi, 83,391; Borno, 62,336; Ebonyi, 65,471; Gombe, 52,600; Jigawa, 47,416; Kaduna, 39,091; Kano, 302434; Katsina, 26,555; Kebbi, 25,556; Niger, 73,568; Oyo, 40,007; Rivers, 22,782; Sokoto, 71,000; Taraba, 24,246; Yobe, 72,000 and Zamfara, 19,055.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also know that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/broadnews\/2022\/08\/20\/edobest-ubec-partners-edo-subeb-nasdra-to-train-officers-on-e-quality-assurance\/\"><strong>Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)<\/strong> <\/a>has just kicked off the process of ascertaining the accurate number of out-of-school children as well as teachers in both private and public schools at basic education level across Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to enable the agency have accurate, verifiable and reliable data,\u00a0 especially as the last time such a headcount was done was in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we dare say, this is one of the reasons\u00a0 UNICEF is still holding on to an outdated figure of out-of-school children rather than the one that the education ministry has released since January 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BMO added that the ministry of education and its agencies were better placed than any individual or group to provide the most accurate data on school enrolment in the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current number of out-of-school children in Nigeria is 6.9 million, contrary to the various figures bandied around in the media space. 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