President Bola Tinubu has approved the reintroduction and implementation of the school feeding programmes across the basic educational levels to address the issues facing out-of-school children.
This is coming a few years after the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari discontinued the initiative.
This was made known by the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, at a One-Day Retreat on Quick Wins in the Ministerial Deliverables (2023-2027), on Thursday, December 21, 2023, in Abuja.
According to the Minister, President Tinubu directed the restoration of the programme, saying it will help in checking the learning crisis.
Meanwhile, Mamman has expressed the commitment of the Federal Government to return 15 million out-of-school children to the classroom by 2027.
The minister explained that the learning crisis had also been a major issue which he said was a bad product of the out-of-school menace and, hence must be taken seriously.
He said that having robust policies in place was not enough to tackle the challenges but delivering on the policies would go a long way in addressing the problems of out-of-school.
He also explained that the removal of tertiary institutions from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) was necessary to give tertiary institutions the autonomy to operate.
He added that the ministry would work with the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation to ensure a seamless implementation.
