Kaduna harnesses ICT to promote remote learning options for out of school adolescent grls

From: Femi Oyelola, Kaduna

To curb the issue of out-of-school, the Kaduna State Government said it has decided to explore the potential of ICT to provide accessible and flexible educational opportunities for out-of-school married adolescent girls in remote areas.
The State Commissioner of Education, Prof. Sani Bello Muhammed disclosed this at a public dialogue organized by the Basileia Vulnerable Persons Right Initiative (BVPRI) and Helen Memorial Foundation (HMF) for the AIRLOMA project with support from Rise Up for the assessment of the second chance policy, in Kaduna, today.
Prof. Muhammad who was represented by the Director of Planning and Development in the Ministry, Salisu Lawal Baba said the issue of Out-of-School Children continues to be one of the critical challenges faced in the Education Sector in Kaduna State.
He stressed that school-age Children like the Almajiris, itinerant Quranic religious students, children of nomadic pastoralists, married adolescent girls, and other vulnerable children who dropped out of school are deprived of access to Universal Basic Education (UBE.)
The Commissioner explained that “The number of these Out-of-School Children continues to be a source of concern in Kaduna State; the high rate of Out-of-Schooll Children in the State has enormous economic and social consequences, which increases poverty of individuals, communities,s, and nation at large, it also increases rate crimes and lower standard of living.”