Oando Foundation to fund education of 60,000 IDP children in Bauchi.

Oando Foundation is collaborating with USAID Emergency Crisis Response (ECR) to help 60,000 children of Internally Displaced Persons in Bauchi State to get access to education.

The project is in fulfillment of Oando Foundation’s plan to enroll 60,000 internally displaced children into formal schools across the country by 2018.

The Head of Oando Foundation, Adekanla Adegoke made this known  at the presentation of learning materials to 250 IDP children who graduated from an Informal Learning Centre in Liman Katagum, Bauchi State.

She said that the foundation plans to absorb the children into mainstream schools in the communities where they are residing in Bauchi State.

She explained that to achieve the objective, starter kits have been distributed to the children.

“The starter kits are made up of educational materials crucial to easing children’s transition, re integration, retention and addressing the hidden costs of education in schools.

“This is the first in a series of education interventions targeting internally displaced and out of school children in North Eastern Nigeria. Our call to action is clear, we need to bridge the widening educational gap and ensure that no child is denied the right to education.

“Through our Adopt a School Initiative, our target is to enroll 60,000 children in schools across Nigeria over a 3 year period, ensure reintegration of internally displaced children in formal education and improve learning outcomes. We are working with the government, interested partners and communities in select states,” she said.

The Executive Chairperson of Bauchi State Agency for Mass Education, Hajiya Yelwa Tafawa Balewa had earlier on, commended the foundation for supporting the education of internally displaced children in the state.