The President, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Margee Ensign, has urged the Federal Government to adopt technology in reaching out-of-school children in the country.
According to the National Personnel Audit (NPA) Report conducted by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in 2018, Nigeria has 10, 193, 918 children that are not in school, with most of the kids concentrated in the northern region.
The AUN President noted that the school used its Technology Enhanced Learning for All (TELA project) to reach 30, 000 children in Adamawa during the peak of insurgency in the Northeast.
Ensign said: “I think pretty constantly about those kids who are out-of-school and I hope all of you do too because we have solutions for those kids.
‘’No society could afford to have those numbers of children not in school.
The AUN president also called for the protection of schools against attacks from bandits.
According to her, every child deserves the right to go to school, adding that the closure of schools to prevent attacks from bandits was not the solution.
