Borno reduces out-of-school children from 2 million to 800,000

The Borno State Government says it has made significant progress in addressing the problem of out-of-school children by reducing the number in the state from over two million to 800,000.
“I am grateful that, by the grace of Allah, the number of out-of-school children has now decreased to less than 800,000,” Mr Zulum said. The governor said the vehicles inaugurated for the local government education authorities are to enhance mobility and effective monitoring, adding that the vehicles must be used strictly for official purposes by authorised drivers.
He directed the commissioner for education to provide quarterly reports on performance of each education secretary, warning that anyone performing below expectation would be replaced. The efforts of the government to keep more children in schools have been challenging. PREMIUM TIMES, in its report giving a timeline of attacks on schools in Borno State, said since 2009 when the Islamic sect, dubbed Boko Haram by locals because of the sect’s abhorrence of Western ways of life, including education, emerged in the once peaceful and prosperous state of Borno, the deadly sect has continued to undermine Nigerian public authorities through heinous attacks on communities and public facilities