With 5.9 percent of out-of-school children in Ondo State, the state government and the State House of Assembly have vowed to ensure that the menace is exterminated.
According to the Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology in the State, Laolu Akindolire, with the low data, the state cannot afford not to ensure that every child is enrolled in primary and secondary education.
Speaking after a two-day stakeholders’ meeting organised by the United Nations Children’s Education Fund’s (UNICEF) collaboration with the Oyo State Government to tackle the issue of out-of-school children in Southwest states, Akindolire disclosed that the ministry will partner with the House of Assembly in order to achieve legislation that would give zero tolerance to the issue.
He said: “We hope to set up the necessary machines to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Ondo State. Although the percentage…
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