One million out-of-school children return to classrooms in 20 months —FG

Earlier in his remarks, UNESCO Country Representative, Professor Da Rosa, reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to supporting Nigeria’s education transformation agenda, describing UNESCO as a technical partner ready to deploy expertise in areas identified by the Nigerian government.7 million students, adding that the organisation’s specialised institutes remained available to provide additional technical expertiseReaffirming Nigeria’s commitment to the partnership, Alausa assured UNESCO that the ministry would continue to work closely with the organisation to deliver practical results under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s education reform agenda.•Dr Tunji Alausa, Minister of Education •As Education Minister seeks deeper UNESCO partnership•Warns against leaving boys behindBy Joseph Erunke THE federal government has announced that more than one million out-of-school children have returned to classrooms in the last 20 months, in what it described as a major breakthrough in its ongoing education reform agenda.