Channels TV· 1h ago· 1 min read
The Katsina State Government says it is rolling out far-reaching interventions to tackle the root causes of multidimensional poverty and reduce the growing number of out-of-school children across the state.
The Katsina State Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Yusuf Jibia, disclosed this during an exclusive interview with Channels Television on Friday at his office in the State Secretariat.
Jibia identified multidimensional poverty as one of the major drivers of the out-of-school children challenge, noting that the problem extends beyond Katsina to the entire North-West region of Nigeria and many parts of Africa.
To address the situation, he revealed that the state government has inaugurated a committee to explore the reintegration of informal education into the formal school system, a move aimed at bringing more children off the streets and into classrooms.
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