ABUJA — The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has attributed the rising number of out-of-school children in the country to insecurity.
The Minister who spoke in Abuja at the ministerial session of the 66th National Council on Education (NCE), with the theme ‘Strengthening of Security and Safety in Nigerian Schools for the Achievement of Education 2030 Agenda, said schools must be safe and secure at all costs.
He said the government was working towards reducing the number of out-of-school children and the illiteracy level in the country.
“I’d like to call on all states to rise to their responsibilities and provide a safe and secure learning environment for both students and teachers,” he said.
In a remark, the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Oprah said incessant attacks on schools, churches, mosques, roads, railway stations, villages, and towns were destabilizing the education system, eating deep into “the foundations of our existence and exposing the sector to traumatic experiences.”
“This trauma could make the education system comatose if nothing was urgently done,” he said.
UNICEF Chief Education Officer, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan said the attacks on schools were having “devastating short and long-term consequences on the wellbeing of children and communities.”
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