"Unless the issue of parents who refused their children going to school is made a crime, and we start jailing parents, the menace of out of school children
AS the UNESCO report that states that Nigeria has over 20 million out-of-school children continues to generate controversy, CLEMENT IDOKO writes on what
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THE Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi has tasked the state governments on the need to ensure accountability, improved literacy and provision of equitable access to basic education in the country.
He spoke while declaring open the training programme on Communication Strategy for Public Relations Officers in UBEC, States Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB) and Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) which was held in Kano State.
Bobboi, who was represented by the UBEC deputy executive secretary (Technical) Dr Bala Zakari, stressed the need for accountability in the implementation of Universal Basic Education and BESDA programmes in order to reduce the challenge of out-of-school children in the country.