Founder/CEO of IA-Foundation, Mrs. Ibironke Adeagbo, has applauded President Bola Tinubu for approving the commencement of the DOTS project to overhaul the education sector, increase enrolment and ensure the academic security of the nation ‘s children.
DOTS is an acronym representing: Data Repository, Out-of-School Children’s Education, Teacher Training and Development, and Skill Development and Acquisition.
The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Tanko Sununu, made the disclosure on Friday in Shabu, a suburb of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, while simultaneously performing the ground-breaking foundation laying ceremony of the National Examinations Council offices of Nasarawa, Abia, Sokoto, Taraba, Jigawa, Lagos, and River States.
The minister said that the DOTS project was to tackle the paucity of coordinated, verifiable, and authentic data in all aspects of the education sector in Nigeria.
Sununu further explained that the new initiative would enable the Federal Government to track the progress of students, thus having a clear data-driven mechanism for interventions, especially concerning out-of-school children, girls, and those with specific learning disabilities, among others.
He said, “Out-of-school children represents a major thematic area in the eight points agenda of President Bola Tinubu, with priority focus on social welfare, health, and education.
“Mr. President is of the believe that the over 20million out-of-school children we have now, represents a group of Nigerians that we must pay attention to, otherwise miscreants can use them to cause and foment trouble in Nigeria.
MrsAdeagbo shares President Tinubu’s optimism that for Nigeria to develop and continue to take its rightful position in the comity of nations, thi e group of over 20 million citizens must be returned to school and ensure that they get proper education and the necessary skills to make them self-efficient and relevant in the society.”
IA-Foundation is an NGO set up five years ago in the UK and Nigerian to help reduce the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Over the last five years it have picked up over 105 children from the street and put them in school and pay their fees. The foundation has distributed over 5000 e-learning materials, built a borehole in the Makoko community, held conferences to raise awareness on the subject matter.
