The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has disclosed that more than 9.7 million children in Nigeria are at risk of never returning to school due to insecurity among other factors.
The Child’s rights organisation had also said that before COVID-19, no fewer than10.5 million Nigerian children aged between five and fourteen were not in school.
To address this menace, UNICEF in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, other partners have set out a plan to launch the Nigeria Learning Passport, an online, mobile, and “soon to be offline” platform that would allow continuous access to quality education, aimed to reach 3 million learners in 2022 and 12 million learners in the country by 2025.
A statement issued by UNICEF in Abuja pointed out that the platform which would provide access to continuous learning, including in locations where insecurity hinders learners’ access to schools, would also improve learning outcomes and give every child a fair chance in life.
The statement reads: “Learners who registered on the Nigeria Learning Passport platform would be able to study whether they are connected to the internet or not, added that with online, mobile, and soon-to-be offline options, it can help reach the most vulnerable and marginalized learners, helping to respond to the needs of every child
“The content is offered in English and the Nigerian languages of Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, where children, youths and teachers could access a digitalised curriculum providing instructional supplementary learning materials in all core curricular subjects for Primary one to Six and all Junior and Senior Secondary school classes.”
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