Borno State Government has reduced out-of-school children by over 60 per cent – fromover two million to 800,000.
Governor Babagana Zulum disclosed this, yesterday, in Maiduguri at the inauguration of 27 local council education secretaries and the distribution of 57 school monitoring vehicles.
“Since assuming office in 2019, education has been a paramount focus of my administration. Initially, our efforts were directed towards rebuilding our devastated school infrastructure to provide access to over two million out-of-school children in Borno.
“I am grateful that, by the grace of Allah, the number of out-of-school children has now decreased to less than 800,000,” Zulum said.
According to the governor, the vehicles are to enhance mobility and effective monitoring, warning that they must be used strictly for official purposes by authorised drivers.
He directed the Commissioner for Education to provide quarterly reports on the performance of each education secretary, as anyone performing below expectation would be replaced.
