The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund has distributed 2,760 solar-powered radio sets to the Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board but rued the growing out-of-school children population in Nigeria.
“One in three children are out of school , and according to the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021, three in four children aged 7-14 years cannot read with understanding or solve a simple mathematics problem”. “Stalled progress on Sustainable Development Goal 4 will affect regional and global development as Nigeria accounts for the largest global and regional share of OOS children.
“The OOS phenomenon is fueled by the growing child population placing significant pressure on the delivery of social services. Yet education financing has not kept pace with a burgeoning demand for education and the high fertility rate. “Inadequate and unsafe school infrastructure, poor teaching quality, and low learning outcomes are exacerbated by insecurity and school attacks and compounded by staggering poverty and negative social norms on education, particularly for girls.”He added, “With regards to Katsina state, the number of Out of School Children has been high but is progressively reducing over the last eight years from 36.9% in 2016 to 35.
“Only 9.2% and 13.3 % of children in Grade 3 were able to demonstrate reading and numeracy skills respectively in Katsina state compared to the national average of 26.8 and 25.3 in reading and numeracy skills.
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