On December 20, 2022, a survey programme for children not in school will ramp up efforts to put the sustained duty into effect.
The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, Ibrahim Obajomo, gave a speech during a One-Day Training for Coordinators, Supervisors, and Field Officers on the Out-of-School Children Survey. He advised everyone on the importance of the data generated in this exercise and how beneficial it would be in getting kids back in the classroom across all Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in the state.
As he described how demanding the exercise would be and the necessity for data accuracy to represent the primary problems, the Permanent Secretary encouraged all the survey officers.
He said: “Lack of finance and other sociocultural factors are some of the reasons our children are out of school. Hence, the need for this survey so we can effectively plan and activate programmes that will take our children back to school.
“We do not want them becoming a problem for themselves and society. Thus, as you all go out there and conduct this survey, it will, in the long run, help to tell us about each constituency and ward and the challenges they face.
“Please do your due diligence. When you talk about data, every piece of it is essential, and every detail gathered is instrumental to planning. We have seen the challenges and there is light at the end of the tunnel. We want to put our children back to school, and the data will let us know the numbers, and this will better help policy formulation geared towards education in the State.”
The Out-of-School Children Survey will be carried out in all LGAs/LCDAs of the State and will focus on Households, Streets, Market Places, Car Parks, Rehabilitation Homes, Orphanages and other Institutions.
L-R: Lawal Rasheed, Assistant Director, Statistics; Ogun Jonathan, Deputy Director, Statistics; Ibrahim Obajomo, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, Lagos State, Akeju Tawakalitu, Chief Statistician and Olowu Peter, Director, Statistics, at the One-Day field training of coordinators, supervisors and enumerators for the “Out of School Children Survey”.