The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the increasing number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, saying it is now 18.3 million.
It noted that this alarming figure positions Nigeria as the country with the highest number of out-of-school children globally
Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Tushar Rane, disclosed this information during a two-day Regional Stakeholders Engagement Meeting in Gombe on Out-of-School Children and Retention, Transition, and Completion Models in Bauchi, Gombe, and Adamawa states.
During the two-day meeting, UNICEF said it aims to develop models for reducing the number of out-of-school children and increasing the retention, transition, and completion of adolescents in secondary schools.
Vanguard/ Oluwabusayo Oyinloye
