From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse
The United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that, 2.2 million children in Jigawa state were disrupted from their studies in the year 2024.
The Chief of UNICEF Field Office Kano, Mr. Rahama Rihood Mohammed Farah dropped the hint while addressing Press conference to mark 2025 International Day of Education (IDE) at BON Hotel in Kano.
Mr Farah who said, education is a fundamental human right and engine of development of every society, appealed to relevant stakeholders to tackle the challenge of out of school children for better future of the states.
“On this day 24th, January 2025 when the global community is celebrating the International Day of Education, UNICEF calls on the Governments of Kano, Jigawa and Katsina to recruit more qualified teachers to fill existing gaps in the basic and post basic education sector and strengthen the newly established Jigawa State Tsangaya Education Board to effectively implement its mandate”.
According to him, the UN General Assembly in December 2018 declared January 24 as the International Day of Education, with the day first celebrated in 2019, since then, it has served as an advocacy moment for education, providing annually, a platform for a global call to action, emphasizing education’s role in fostering a well-informed, inclusive, and peaceful society.
“On the 2025 IDE, this media briefing is organized to leverage this advocacy moment of the IDE to highlight the significance of education and its role in fostering a well-informed, inclusive, and peaceful society. As you may be aware, the theme for the 2025 International Day of Education is, AI and Education: Preserving Human Agency in a World of Automation”.
