The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 70 percent of children in schools are not learning, a development that must be addressed by stakeholders.
The Communication Specialist, UNICEF, Mr. Geoffrey Njoku, made this known in Kano on Friday at a two-day Media Dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Njoku said no country could focus on its SDGs in isolation of the children’s rights, saying that stakeholders must begin to focus on SDGs as Child rights.
According to him, one aspect of education which is foundational literacy and numeracy must be given attention. He explained that since 2010, they have pushed to change the narrative of the 10.5 million out-of-school children but even at that 70% of those in schools are not learning and there is a need to include this 70% in school who are not learning to the 10.5million out-of-school children so that proper attention will be given to them.
Njoku stated that it is high time they focused on learning by revamping the education system through teacher’s training, changing the curriculum, and changing the narrative through quality education
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