Brain Builders International , a non-governmental organisation committed to youth development, has lamented the high rate of illiteracy and out-of-school children in Kwara state.This year’s theme; “Transforming Education and Contemporary Skills Sustainably: Who has the Biggest Role to Play?” featured deliberations and debates led by 10 discussants on how to tackle the nation’s biggest challenges to quality education and contemporary skill-learning.
He further said that the United Nations Children Education Fund’s declaration that about 10.5 million Nigerian children are out of school even though primary education is officially free and compulsory should be enough reason to ponder. “The Federal Government apportioned a paltry sum of N3.9 trillion out of N55.19 trillion approved for budgets in 10 years, the equivalent of 7.7 per cent.”
The NGO expressed assurance to follow-up on the deliberations and resolutions reached at the event by submitting proposals to the appropriate quarters for implementation.