THE Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, yesterday, called for strengthening of the quality of basic education in order to address the challenge of alarming out-of-school children menace. The minister,
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria accounts for 45 per cent of the growing number of out-of school children in West Africa. Citing the Multiple
That the authorities at all levels in the country are debating the number of out-of-school children in the country without strategy to deal with the reproach at this time speaks
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has warned that henceforth, government will arrest parents of pupils found hawking during school hours; stressing that parents must take advantage of the free
Despite a lot that has been done concerning the girl child education in Nigeria, we cannot be quiet, feel we have arrived and believe the education of a girl child
The Niger state chapter of the NLC has called on the state government to prosecute parents and guardians of street children for child abuse offences. According to the NLC, a
I am a child who has no father I am a deserted child of a sick widow I am a hawker on the street I am a cart-pusher in the
