The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), says it will commence Open Schooling Programme across the 36 states of the federation by July, as part of a strategy to reduce the number of Out-of-School children in the country. Dr Hamid Bobboyi, Executive Secretary, UBEC, represented by Mr Unwaha Ismail in the Commission, disclosed this at the national stakeholders meeting on Open Schooling Programme in Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the programme was launched on May 30, this year to reduce the large numbers of out-of-school children in Nigeria. “Open Schooling programme will start by July because a lot of things needs to be put in place as planned, we need to start as early as possible,’’ he said. Haladu said that NMEC was lagging behind and was in support of Open Schooling initiative as it addresses the issue of out-of-school children.

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 27, 2019 16:07 UTC