The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in partnership with the governments of Adamawa and Taraba states, has empowered 27,300 children with quality literacy and numeracy skills.
Mr. Abdulrahman Ado, UNICEF Education Specialist, Bauchi Field Office, disclosed this at the 2025 Review Meeting held on Tuesday in Yola.
Ado said the achievements were recorded through the scaling up of the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) intervention, which benefited 20,300 children in Adamawa and 7,000 in Taraba.
He explained that the interventions significantly improved early-grade learning and facilitated children’s transition to higher classes.
According to him, during the period under review, UNICEF also returned 12,000 out-of-school children in Adamawa to non-formal learning centres under the Accelerated Basic Education Programme (ABEP)—surpassing the initial target of 7,500.
He noted that more than 60 per cent of the children had since been mainstreamed into formal schools, adding that the initiative promoted inclusion and reduced educational disparities among marginalised children in rural communities.
In his remarks, the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development in Adamawa State, Dr. Garba Pella, commended UNICEF for its interventions, which he said had significantly impacted children’s education and overall well-being.
“UNICEF’s intervention has accelerated learning programmes across the states,” Pella said. “These review meetings provide an opportunity to close gaps and address challenges identified over the past year for greater progress.”
Also speaking, the Chief of UNICEF’s Bauchi Field Office, Ms. Nuzhat Rafique, described the review meeting as crucial, noting that it provided a platform for planning ahead of 2026.
She commended the Adamawa and Taraba teams for their dedication and urged them to sustain their efforts for the benefit of children and humanity.
