The United Nations Children's Funds says the rate of Out-of-school children in Katsina State has reduced from 36.9 per cent to 35.5 per cent in the last eight years.Ms Farah said the success was due to collaboration between the state government, UNICEF, and other partners.
"Primary school completion rate in Katsina state averages 62.5 per cent compared to the national average of 73.1 per cent, and 56.1 per cent for the northwest respectively. According to him, the transition rate to secondary school in Katsina state stands at 69.5 per cent lower than the national average of 84 per cent and the northwest average of 70 per cent, with fewer girls transitioning to secondary school than boys.
"This has resulted in increased financing to education, increased the number of newly recruited teachers, provided over 100,000 social cash transfers to keep children from the poorest families in school, and also enrolled over 123,575 learners, boys and girls, on the Nigeria Learning Passport platform in the last two year.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
He added that the state was supported to create an enabling environment for a second chance education for girls through Re-Entry guidelines that provide opportunities for pregnant and married girls to re-enroll and complete their education.