The Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) is hosting 33 students in a two-week reality house programme to explore multiple ways towards handling the menace of out-of-school children and poor school enrolment within the Federal Capital Territory.
The students who have all been selected from 11 schools in the six Area Councils within the FCT will go through a process of advocacy and debate on issues affecting out-of-school children and will proffer solutions to the same. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the programme titled “2025 head-to-head school debate”, the mother of the reality house programme, Dr. Jummai Ahmadu, said the programme, which has recorded tremendous success in past editions, will serve as a prototype for state governments to emulate.
According to her, Nigeria should expect strong-willed children who will come out to advocate for out-of-school children after the programme and this way, there will gradually be zero out-of-school children in Nigeria, beginning from the FCT.
“The children will debate and bring out all the issues that are affecting children not in schools and proffer solutions to end the out-of-school menace. This is the crux of this project. We are hoping that beyond the FCT, the government can take a cue to ensure that children are the ones advocating the problems that are affecting children like them. If they pass the message to their peers, they will, in turn, understand because they will understand the language,” she shared.
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