The Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed that Nigeria needs additional twenty thousand schools and nine hundred and seven thousand, seven hundred and sixty-nine classrooms to absorb the growing number of out-of-school children.
The executive secretary who stated this while briefing the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman during his meeting with parastatals and agencies under the supervision of the ministry, identified infrastructural gaps, inadequate manpower as some of the challenges facing the commission in its efforts towards ensuring equitable access to quality basic education.
Reacting, the minister gave strong indications that his administration would prioritize basic education in the country, emphasizing that the foundation level is the most critical segment in the sector which must be properly developed in order to impact positively on other tiers of the sector and overall national development.
Dailytrust gathered that Prof Mamman used the occasion to call on all the states of the federation to show greater commitment towards providing counterpart funding to accelerate the development of basic education in the country.
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