In the document, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating a fresh gap of $6.2 billion in education investment in Sub-Saharan Africa over the next 18 months.
“Girls are likely to be worst affected, with many forced into child marriages. As the impacts of the recession triggered by COVID-19 hit families, many children may be forced out of school, and into the labour markets,” the global agency asserted. “National governments must make education a priority by producing and implementing COVID-19 education responses and recovery plans to ensure the most marginalised children are able to continue learning,” it advised.In her remarks, Country Director, Save the Children International Nigeria, Mercy Gichuhi said: “Even before the COVID-19 crisis, Nigeria is estimated to have over 10 million out-of-school children, one of the highest rates in the world.
Admitting that there were other socio-economic challenges facing the most populous black nation, which also needed attention, they, however, stressed that the non-prioritisation of family planning and issues concerning population growth by government and its agencies had triggered more maternal and child mortalities nationwide.
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