The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with Adamawa and Taraba Governments has empowered 27,300 children with quality literacy and numeracy.
Mr Abdulrahaman Ado, the UNICEF Education Specialist, Bauchi Field Office, disclosed this at the 2025 Review Meeting on Tuesday in Yola.
Ado said that the successes recorded through the scaling of Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) interventions, benefited 20,300 children in Adamawa and 7,000 in Taraba.
He said that the interventions significantly enhanced early grade learning and transition to the higher grades.
He noted that during the period under review, UNICEF returned 12,000 out-of-school children through the Accelerated Basic Education Programme (ABEP) in Adamawa to non-formal settings.
Ado said the 12,000 was against the 7,500 target, signaling more than 60 per cent successfully mainstreamed into formal schools in Adamawa.
“This promoted inclusion and reduced educational disparities among the marginalised children living in the rural communities,” he said.
In his remarks, Dr Garba Pella, the Commissioner, Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Adamawa, appreciated UNICEF for impacting on the well-being of children in education and other sectors.
“UNICEF intervention has accelerated learning programmes across the states.
“The review meetings are a way forward to close some of the gaps and address challenges recorded in the past year for more progress,” he said.
The Chief of UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Office, Nuzhat Rafique, said the review meeting was very important as it enabled UNICEF and the partners to plan ahead of 2026.
She commended the Adamawa and Taraba team for the good work and urged them to do more for the benefit of humanity.
