The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Kano State has about 989,234 out-of-school children.
UNICEF’s Nigeria Country Representative, Ms Cristian Munduate, disclosed this while briefing Journalists in Kano.
She explained that almost one million out-of-school children in the state are males and females.
According to Cristian, Nigeria urgently needs to improve investment in the education sector and redouble efforts to address the critical issue of out-of-school children.
“There is the need for every child to have access to education”, she stated.
The country representative pointed out that 1.5 million girls were enrolled in schools under UNICEF’s Girls’ Education Project Phase 3, implemented between 2012 and 2022.