ADSUBEB partners UNICEF to increase school enrollment

From Umar Dankano,Yola

The Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board, ADSUBEB, and the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, have agreed to establish a collaborative framework to increase school children entrolment and retention in the state.
Rising from a meeting with traditional and religious leaders to building commitments for increased demand for education in Yola Thursday, the duo expressed concerns with the poor and deteriorating condition of school children.
In his submission during the interactive engagement, Chairman of the ADSUBEB, represented by Board’s permanent member ll, Aliyu Sa’ad confessed to the fact that available statistics of out of school children in the state is not good considering efforts made by the state government.
Sa’ad applauded the interventions made by development partners especially the UNICEF, noting that promotion of education is the beginning of transformative strides in every society.
He, however, commended Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri’s government for provision of free education to children from primary to junior secondary school level.
Joel Jutum, Unicef Consultant asserted that available data statistics indicated that 1.4 Million children are out of school in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states with 48% being girls, insisting that community participation has become apparent towards mitigating the situation.