Mr Tanko Isuwa, the Education Secretary, Local Education Authority (LEA), Bwari, said the authority was intensifying efforts to address the number of out-of-school children in the district.
Isuwa made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja.
NAN reports that there is no specific data available for the number of out-of-school children in the council, but a significant number of children, aged six to 11 are out of school in most communities.
The secretary said that the LEA had since 2024, began the mobilisation of all such children in the area, as mandated by the council and had started arrangements for their return to school.
According to him, the secretariat is working in synergy with other stakeholders like religious leaders and heads of communities to strategise on better measures to tackle the situation.
“We are on it 24/7 to make sure that all the children return to school irrespective of their challenges, because a society that is not educated is bound to have all types of crises.
“This is why we have involved all the necessary stakeholders to find better measures to handle the situation,’’ he said.
Isuwa, who did not give an exact figure or category of children, said that significant progress had been recorded.
He noted that some of the empty public primary school structures in, especially, Kubwa axis, which had not only been vandalised, but taken over by “miscreants” would be recovered very soon.
“We are aware of the situation and have written to the council chairman for urgent action on how to go about it and stop them from destroying our properties,’’ he said.
On the ongoing demands of striking workers in the council, the secretary urged all stakeholders involved to have a roundtable discussion to find lasting solution to the incessant action.
He urged the council administration to consider the plight of the workers. (NAN)
