UNICEF Improves Education Access For 102,859 Children In N/East

UNICEF Improves Education Access For 102,859 Children In N/East

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said it has provided access to inclusive, equitable and quality education for 102,859 children in Borno State in the past three years.

The Education Manager of UNICEF, Maiduguri Field Office Paola Ripamonti stated this during a news conference in Maiduguri, on Tuesday.

Ripamonti said UNICEF supported 29,985 out-of-school youths and adolescents with vocational skills, including poultry farming, shoemaking, soap and bag production, tailoring, painting, and interlock tiles production, among others.
 
She said the project “EduTrac System and the Mainstreaming of Psychosocial Support into Formal Education in Borno State,” which will be wrapped up by the end of this month, was supported by the European Union (EU).

 

THE NATION

https://thenationonlineng.net/unicef-improves-education-access-for-102859-children-in-n-east/

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