By Abubakar Rabilu Gombe
Mr. Bhanu Pathak
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) field Officer Bauchi, Mr. Bhanu Pathak said that United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) would support, children educationally, Malnutrition and child Protection, adding that when children are in school, there would be no child labour and child abuse.
On the way forward, he said staff in the education
sector should initiate advocacy visits to the state governor and the commissioner for education to highlight some key issues affecting the programme implementation.
Mr. Pathak described girl-child education as something that is beyond getting girls into schools.
Mr. Pathak stated this in Gombe during the 2019 Mid-Year UNICEF Review Meeting for Gombe, Bauchi, Taraba, Adamawa and Plateau States that are directly under Bauchi filed office held in Gombe.
He added that it was not enough to get the girl child to school, but ensure that the girls are safe, learn and complete all levels of education to live a quality life before getting married.
“The girls also need to learn socio- emotional and life skills, necessary to navigate and adapt to the changing world, make decision about their own lives and contribute to the development of their communities and the world at large.
Pathak further explained that the mid-year review meeting is to review the progress of the field office, update and summary of 2019/2020 work plan processes for Child Friendly Community Initiative.
He urged the government to enhance the education sector so that the children would access quality education and increase the enrolment of children and reducing the out of school children in the state which is about 600,000.
