Nwajiuba, has called on civil society organisations to be accurate when giving out data on out-of-school children in the country.

As part of efforts to tackle the challenge faced by the country’s out-of-school children, Rotary Club of Ikeja, District 9110 recently moved to lift basic education within the district through the donation of two blocks of classrooms and furniture to Ikeja Junior Secondary School.

The Federal Government said it has committed N10billion to remove 10.2 million out-of-school children from streets in the next five years. The government said it hopes to achieve the target by enrolling two million children yearly in the next five years.

About 6.34m, representing 62 per cent of the 10.19 million out-of-school children in the country are girls, The Guardian has learnt. According to data obtained from the Federal Ministry of Education, Sokoto, Katsina and Akwa Ibom are the three leading states with the highest prevalence of out-of-school girls.

The Federal Government’s new initiative to tackle the menace of out-of-school-children is a welcome idea. It underscores the seriousness of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to revive a comatose primary education system in the country, writes Head, Education Desk, IYABO LAWAL.

Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has said that his target is to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the state before the expiration of his four-year term in office.

As part of measures to reduce the number of out-of-school children, the Federal Capital Territory [FCT] administration has concluded plans to use credible databases for increased school enrolment.

The Federal Government says the number of Out-of-School (OSC) Children in the country has reduced from 13.2 million to 10.2million, following various interventions of the government and development partners.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today, Malcolm X, the popular American Muslim minister and human rights activist once said. And in local parlance, the old saying rings true, that education is the best policy.