Mr
Olatunde Adekola, who is a Senior Education specialist of the World Bank
representing the African region made a statement at the Pan African Literacy
for All Conference that was held in Abuja. And in his statement, he said that
the World Bank is going to continue to support the literacy rate in Nigeria by
concentrating on the children of school age.
The
conference according to The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), was organised by
Reading Association of Nigeria (RAN) and was supported by the International
Literacy Association (ILA) as well as The Nigerian Federal Ministry of
Education.
Mr
Adekola, the Education Specialist, also said that the World Bank is in total
support of what the Reading Association of Nigeria is doing and for this
reason, they will continue to support the enhancement of Education in Nigeria.
The purpose of this commitment, he said is because
1) Education is very essential as a
determinant of the economy and growth of a nation.
2) There is the need for something
to be done so that the educational policies will be able to achieve a
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
3) There is need to think of a
holistic new approach to providing quality education for the vulnerable group
of people and most especially the girl child.
According
to Mr. Adekola, The World Bank has recently created a $1 million (One
Million Dollars) project that is set out to enhance the Northern part of
Nigeria. The project which is tagged Nigeria Partnership for Education.
This
project will be carried out by World Bank in partnership with other development
organisations such as USAID, UNICEF and DFID.
The
project will be focused on strengthening the government system of Education by
providing basic education for children in primary school level. Secondly, the
project will be focused on improving the supply and demand side of education in
particular to the girl child.
Mr
Adekola also noted that it is not just enough to enroll children in school
because they will also need to be provided with adequate learning tools. He
also said that the project will also include scholarship opportunities for
girls to enroll and study for 3 years at primary school level.
Teachers
who do not have the National Certificate of Education (NCE) will also be
granted scholarship to obtain the certificate within the next 3 years.
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