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By Joseph Erunke
THE federal government has given the $20 million accelerated funding grant for education emergency from the Global Partnership for Education,GPE, to Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu,Tuesday,in Abuja.
The minister explained that government’s action was aimed at tackling educational challenges in the three Northeast states mostly affected by activities of Boko Haram, which he noted, destroyed educational facilities besides the displacement of school children.
Adamu,who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Arc. Sonny Echono, said the grant would assist in improving foundational learning skills, establish robust teacher preparation, professional development and recruitment systems, address protection issues, and strengthen leadership capacity for education in emergency for long term sustainability as well as system strengthening.
Insurgency: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe get $20 million to boost education Insurgency: Borno, Adamawa, Yobe get $20 million to boost education
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, officially flagged off the implementation of the $20 million accelerated funding grant given by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for education in an emergency in Nigeria.
The grant was secured by the Federal Government to support the three North-Eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, where education architecture has been ravaged by activities of the insurgents.
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who flagged off the implementation of the grant in Abuja, explained that the fund was meant to address the gaps in delivering education in emergency and inequities existing within the education sector in each of the BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe States).
By Kuni Tyessi
The North-east states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe have received the sum of $20 million accelerated funding grant
to tackle the menace of out-of-school children and other educational challenges facing the region.
The grant, which was given by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), is to also help improve foundational learning skills, establish robust teacher preparation, professional development and recruitment systems, address protection issues, and strengthen leadership capacity for education in emergency for long term sustainability as well as system strengthening.
Speaking at the flag-off ceremony for the implementation of the programme in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said the GPE Accelerated Funding seeks to support state-driven interventions that transparently address the gaps in delivering education in emergency and inequities existing within the education sector in each of the BAY (Borno, Adamawa and Yobe) States.