{"id":71822,"date":"2025-07-31T15:51:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71822"},"modified":"2025-07-31T15:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:51:31","slug":"ngf-declares-education-crisis-urges-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/31\/ngf-declares-education-crisis-urges-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"NGF Declares Education Crisis, Urges Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum (NGF), in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and NewGlobe, has declared a national education crisis, citing alarming gaps in foundational literacy and the persistent out-of-school children issue.<\/p>\n<p>The declaration was made at a State-Level Workshop on Foundational Learning and Out-of-School Children held Thursday in Abuja. Governors expressed concern that while school enrollment is increasing, many children especially those in primary school lack basic literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional skills necessary for academic progression.<\/p>\n<p>NGF Chairman and Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, stressed that foundational learning is essential for broader education goals such as student retention and completion. He cited data indicating a 66% out-of-school rate among primary school-aged children and warned of poor learning outcomes even among enrolled students.<\/p>\n<p>UBEC Executive Secretary Aisha Garba, represented by Deputy Secretary Rasaq Akinyemi, emphasized that despite government efforts and international support, deep-rooted structural issues continue to undermine educational progress. She reaffirmed UBEC\u2019s commitment to inclusive, quality education for all children.<\/p>\n<p>NewGlobe Vice President Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu highlighted that many Primary 6 pupils still struggle with basic reading and math, underscoring a system-wide learning crisis. She warned that without urgent reforms, millions of children risk being left behind, unable to escape cycles of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop called for enhanced collaboration, evidence-based reforms, and increased investment in foundational learning to address learning poverty and reduce the out-of-school\u00a0population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata &nbsp; The Nigeria Governors\u2019 Forum (NGF), in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and NewGlobe, has declared a national education crisis, citing alarming gaps in foundational literacy and the persistent out-of-school children issue. The declaration was made at a State-Level Workshop on Foundational Learning and Out-of-School Children held Thursday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":71823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71822"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71824,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71822\/revisions\/71824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}