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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, on Monday disclosed that Nigeria has over 45 million children currently enrolled in its basic education system.<\/p>\n

Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Boboyyi, disclosed this at a One-Day Meeting on Promoting Partnership with the Organised Private Sector, in Abuja.<\/p>\n

Boboyyi said despite allocating over N100 billion to education every year, resources from the federal government alone can no longer run the system.<\/p>\n

According to him, even though the Federal Government is spending money on education, the sector requires more resources to deliver quality education.<\/p>\n

The UBEC boss called on the private sector to appreciate the importance of providing education for children at an early age to contribute to the development of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cResources alone from the federal government cannot run the system. Nigeria has over 45 million children in basic education subsector and with this number, we require the necessary classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cA state may get a maximum of maybe N3 billion in the best times, but N3 billion cannot take care of these. It needs instructional materials, you need a lot of other things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

While stating that education is the foundation of the collective existence of Nigerians, Boboyyi noted that if the country neglects education, there would be dire consequences.<\/p>\n

On the objective of the meeting, he said the commission is bringing together key stakeholders in order to have a functional relationship with the private sector, in which the sector understands its activities and challenges in the basic education subsector.<\/p>\n

The UBEC chief executive also lamented that there is 29 per cent reduction in the number of teachers in Nigeria\u2019s basic school system following the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n

According to him, \u201cunless we can be able to pay our teachers and compensate them properly, motivate them it is very difficult to deliver the kind of education that we all dream of.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that part of the interface with the organised private sector is to work out a programme that can be beneficial to the development of basic education in Nigeria, in the areas of quality, expanding access and finding equity for the physically challenged.<\/p>\n

He also called on stakeholders to invest in the smart school initiative to build the technological capacity of the young population.<\/p>\n

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