By
Aisha Mohammed
UNICEF Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Tusha Rane says educational resources will go a long way in reducing the number of out-of-school children, increase retention, facilitates transitions, and ensures the completion of education for every child in the community.
Rane made the assertion at the distribution flag-off of educational materials provided to advance UNICEF’s collective mission of reducing the number of out-of-school children in Yola.
UNICEF Chief of Bauchi Field Office, Tusha Rane represented by the UNICEF Education Consultant in Adamawa State, Joel Jutum, says UNICEF is optimistic that when children have the necessary tools for learning, they are more likely to stay in school.
He added that UNICEF, in partnership with other organizations which include Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, KFW, Global Partnership for Education, GPE, Education Cannot Wait, ECW, and the Adamawa State Government, constructed and renovated classrooms, and installed perimeter fences, toilets, and instructional facilities across 125 schools in the state from 2021 to date.
Rane therefore urged the state government to continue to strengthen collaboration with partners to ensure that more children enroll in schools.
In a remark, Executive Chairman, Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Murtala Umar Babayi, said the state government was deeply grateful to UNICEF for its steadfastness in helping children with the materials that they require for quality education.
He said the government on its part is committed to ensuring that every Adamawa child receives quality education.
A total of three hundred and forty-three thousand, nine hundred and forty-two schoolchildren in Adamawa State are to benefit from the educational materials distributed by the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, for quality teaching and learning.
The materials include school bags, higher note books, big note exercise books, recreational kits, early childhood development Kits, as well as assorted pens, erasers, rulers, and sharpeners.
There are also a number of packages called school-in-a-box, each of which contains teaching and learning resources for 40 pupils, aimed at providing a functional alternative for communities without formal school setting.
