Reps seek to use “alternative schooling” to reduce 14m out-of-school children

The House of Representatives is set to launch a new initiative to tackle the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria using “alternative schooling”.

The framework, which is in the form of an intervention through the House Committee on Alternative Education, chaired by Almustapha Aliyu (APC, Sokoto), will also see the out-of-school children trained with relevant skills to become productive members of society.

This was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Musa Krishi, the spokesperson to the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas.