Kaduna State and Save the Children enroll 15,000 learners

More than 15,000 learners who completed a three-month remedial program have been integrated into formal schools across 14 local government areas of Kaduna state by the state government and Save the Children International. This initiative is part of the Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROOSC) Project, which aims to return 100,000 out-of-school children to education within four years.

The symbolic mainstreaming ceremony took place at LGEA Primary School, Babban Saura, and was attended by key figures including the ROOSC Project Coordinator, Mr Ezra Angai, and the Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Mubarak Muhammad. The project has identified over 187,719 out-of-school children and has partnered with various organizations to enhance educational access.

The initiative follows Governor Uba Sani's declaration of a state of emergency on education in 2023, addressing the issue of over 535,000 out-of-school children in the state.