The Kaduna State Government has launched a campaign to enrol children for the 2026/2027 academic session, weeks after identifying 187,719 out-of-school children through its latest education census and mapping exercise.
The campaign led by the Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB), commenced on Wednesday with a sensitisation walk in Kaduna. During the exercise, officials engaged parents, guardians and community members on the importance of enrolling school-age children.
Mubarak Muhammad, Executive Chairman of KADSUBEB, said the campaign was aimed at encouraging parents and guardians to register their children for the new academic session.
Muhammad said several children approached officials during the sensitisation exercise at Kaduna Central Market and expressed their willingness to return to school. He added that the children would be registered and enrolled.
The latest education mapping exercise, unveiled by the State Government in July, identified 187,719 children as being out of school across the State’s 23 Local Government Areas. The exercise also found that more than 91 per cent of affected households cited poverty as the primary reason their children were not enrolled.
