Kaduna To Enrol 187,000 Out-Of-School Children In One Year

Kaduna State government has set a one-year target to return about 187,000 out-of-school children to classrooms, as it steps up efforts to address the state’s education crisis and expand access to learning for vulnerable children.
The commissioner for Finance, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, disclosed this at the flag-off of a programme by the Street- to-Scholars Foundation in Kaduna, yesterday.
To him, the state government was determined to ensure that children excluded from formal education returned to school.
“Kaduna State currently has 187,000 children out of school, and the governor is doing everything possible to return them to the classroom as soon as possible,” Mohammed said.
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