Leaders have called for urgent investment in safer, cleaner and better-equipped schools, warning that quality education depends not only on classroom instruction but also on adequate sanitation.
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to promoting inclusive education and ensuring learners with special needs have equal opportunities to learn.
Ogamba said the 2020 Re-entry Guidelines, school heads and teachers serve as the primary points of contact for identifying and reporting cases of pregnant learners and child mothers.
These gaps can affect learners’ ability to access lessons, move around school independently, communicate and participate fully in school life.
Nearly half of learners across the country are being pushed out of classrooms for failure to pay illegal levies, with those who cannot pay being completely kept away from classrooms.
Illegal school levies are increasingly forcing learners out of school, exposing a widening gap between the constitutional promise of free and compulsory basic education