{"id":348760,"date":"2025-10-13T01:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T00:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=348760"},"modified":"2025-10-12T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T20:24:03","slug":"nas-moves-to-end-out-of-school-syndrome-in-enugu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=348760","title":{"rendered":"NAS moves to end Out-of-School syndrome in Enugu\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chapters of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS) in Enugu and South Africa have called on the state government, philanthropists, and organizations in Nigeria to devise practical approaches on how to return school age children from the streets to the classrooms.<\/div>\n
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Alarmed by the growing population of school age children on our streets, the Cap\u2019n\u00a0 of the Enugu chapter of NAS, Mr Oseloka Egbuchiem, said, \u201cit is a time bomb and a sad commentary on our social responsibility.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Addressing journalists in Enugu\u00a0 on Tuesday, Egbuchiem explained that NAS chose October 6 to galvanize national awareness and collective action on the crisis of out of school children (OOSC) in Nigeria, through its Street Child Project and Back to School Campaign.<\/div>\n
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According to him, \u201cthe truth is that NAS can\u2019t do it alone. The governments at different levels, and philanthropists should participate in this because it is a huge crisis.\u201d<\/div>\n
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He noted further that, \u201cwe in Enugu collaborated with the chapter in South Africa on this campaign to mark the one-day national awareness and advocacy.<\/div>\n
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\u201cOn Monday, we distributed\u00a0 educational kits to at least 1,000 children in the state in five primary schools in Enugu metropolis and suburb.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe beneficiary schools are Ibagwa Community Primary, Nike, Enugu, Francisca Children Academy, Ugbene 2, Enugu, Transekulu Primary School 1, Enugu, Transekulu Primary School 2, Enugu, Aguowa Primary School 1, Enugu.<\/div>\n
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\u201cWe continued the\u00a0 sensitization\u00a0 campaign today on radio where a panel of discussants threw more light on the OOSC crisis and to capture attention of the public and the government.\u201d<\/div>\n
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According to Egbuchiem, NAS aims at empowering communities to sustain local education initiatives aimed at reducing OOSC in their areas.<\/div>\n
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He noted that the crisis is as real as the numbers from the UNICEF 2025 and UNESCO report that shows that 10.2\u201318.3 million children are out of school globally and that one in every child that is out of school in the world is a Nigerian.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThat unflattering report is a summary of perhaps what the future is for us and our children,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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Egbuchiem noted that NAS believes that, \u201cthe scale of this crisis undermines Nigeria\u2019s ability to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially SDG 4 (Quality Education), which sets out the ambition of ensuring inclusive and equitable education for all.<\/div>\n
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Meanwhile, among the social reasons that have kept millions of\u00a0 children in Nigeria out of school are poverty, insecurity, gender inequality, child labour, early marriage, poor infrastructure, and social exclusion.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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