The Federal Government has secured a $25.35 million concessionary loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to support an initiative aimed at reducing the number of out-of-school children in Kaduna State.
The Federal Government has unveiled a new initiative known as the Lumina Programme to address the alarming number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, estimated at over 10 million.
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani announced a significant decrease in the number of out-of-school children within his state, marking a 300,000 reduction since April 2024.
Stakeholders in the Education sector have stated that the reforms and policies in President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda in the sector, have not yet been fulfilled, with the status quo remaining the same, as various policies yet to materialize.
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has approved the disbursement of N280.3 million in scholarships for 13,946 underprivileged students across all educational levels in the FCT.
The House of Representatives has successfully passed the second reading of a bill that seeks to amend the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Act.
The Commission will be responsible for providing skills acquisition and entrepreneurship programme development for children and teenagers through schools to reduce the rate of poverty.
The Federal Government announced that the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria has dropped from 13 million to 6.9 million in 2020.
The FG has revealed that the number of out-of-school children has reduced to almost 7 million from a huge 10 million it was in 2019.
