UNICEF returns 650,265 out-of-school Bauchi kids to classrooms

By Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi

21 July 2022 | 3:22 am

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that 650,265 children were returned to pre-primary and integrated Qur’anic education between 2012 and 2022 in Bauchi State.

UNICEF Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Dr. Tushar Rane, disclosed this, yesterday, during a three-day media dialogue on the third Girls’ Education Project (GEP-3).

Rane said that UNICEF, with funding support from development partners, was collaborating with the government to build the capacity of School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) and Community-Based Management Committees (CBMCs) on school safety, and to make communities more resilient.

According to him, in Bauchi, through GEP-3, funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the United Kingdom, the project effectively increased the enrolment of girls, as 650,265 enrolled into pre-primary and integrated Qur’anic education.

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