The Universal Basic Education Commission has established about 51 model Junior Secondary School/Vocational School in the 17 beneficiary states of the World Bank-supported Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) project in Nigeria.
Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, who disclosed this during an inspection visit to one of the schools, UBEC JSS/Vocational School (Government Secondary School) Suleja, Niger State, said it is part of efforts to address the challenges of out of school children in the country.
The UBEC boss charged the school management and the community to make good use of the facility, which he said was designed to ensure that graduates from Junior Secondary School have necessary skills that would help them in their future lives.
Bobboyi further indicated that UBEC is providing additional infrastructure that would help States Universal Basic Education Boards to ensure more children are enrolled in schools.
BESDA is an intervention programme funded by the World Bank with the purpose of providing equitable access for out-of-school children, improve literacy and strengthen accountability for results at the basic education level.
The programme is currently being implemented in 17 States across the country which includes the entire 13 States of the North West and North East geo-political zones, Niger, Oyo, Ebonyi and Rivers States.
