Out-Of-School Children: What Tinubu, Others Must Do – CSOs
Malala Fund and its partners in Nigeria have called on the incoming federal and state governments in the country to prioritise gender transformative education. Development Diaries reports that the international nonprofit and education civil society stakeholders in Nigeria made the call at the National Moment on Basic and Secondary Education in Abuja. The organisations noted […]
98 Chibok Schoolgirls Still in Captivity
It has been nine years since 276 schoolgirls were abducted from their dormitory in Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria, by Boko Haram terrorists. Development Diaries reports that since the Chibok abduction, 96 girls remain in captivity, and insecurity continues to keep children away from schools in parts of Nigeria. School children have […]
Ethiopia: 2.3 Million Children out of School – SCI
Save the Children International (SCI) has called for urgent funding to help re-open schools in Ethiopia. Development Diaries reports that more than 3.5 million children in the country are currently out of school following the impacts of armed conflict, making it one of the world’s worst education crises. The organisation said about 2.3 million children remain […]
Mozambique: IOM Provides Education Support
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) is providing literacy courses to women in Ngalane, Mozambique, through a women participation project. Development Diaries reports that female literacy lags far behind that of males in the country, and around 45 percent of the adult population is illiterate, data from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation […]
Congo: How Conflict is Impacting Children – UNICEF
The armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has disrupted the education of about 750,000 children, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has revealed. Development Diaries reports that the UN agency made this known in a statement indicating that children have been one of the worst hit demography. Conflict in the North […]
Kano Governor-Elect Makes Free Education Vow
The newly elected Governor of Kano State, northwest Nigeria, Abba Yusuf, has vowed to revive the Kwankwasiyya free education scheme when he assumes office in May 2023. Development Diaries reports that Kano is one of the states with a growing number of out-of-school children in Africa’s most populous country. In fact, in its 2018 basic […]
How Bandits’ Attacks in Kagara Force Students out of School
It is now two years since the attack on Government Science College in Kagara, Niger State, but many residents and indigenes of the town still live in fear. Travelling to Kagara, which is the headquarters of Rafi local government area (LGA), is risky. That’s according to a group of four residents who stood in front […]
