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By Akanji Alowoludo, Bauchi
A total of 147 Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools across the 36 States and Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Nigeria have been established by the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria (FOMWAN) .
The disclosure was made by the National Chairperson of FOMWAN, Dr Lateefat Durosinmi, at the 2023 annual National Education Summit held in Bauchi, Friday.
She said that the Summit was a deliberate efforts to sensitize and mobilize the Muslim community on the importance of every form of education.
Lateefat Durosimi said that the importance of education in socio-economic, political, scientific and technological advancement of any society cannot be overemphasized.
She said that education remains a tool for poverty eradication and human development stressing that, “FOMWAN is deeply involved in developing and printing access to education.”
According to her, “With 147 Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools as well as over 2,500 Qur’anic centers, 60 adult literacy classes, skill acquisition, information and vocational centers to provide education for development, FOMWAN has paid its dues.
The National Chairperson added that “FOMWAN has also been concerned about the persistent increase of out-of-school children believing that there should be Sustainable strategies plan to see the figure reduced significantly.
She then suggested that functional literacy and numeracy activities be introduced into Qur’anic and Almajiri schools systems across the country.
The Chairperson also solicited for support for the Education Endowment Funds that would be used as scholarship, donation of books among other educational needs of boys and girls.
In her Contribution, the Deputy National Chairperson of FOMWAN, Dr Sumaye Hamza said that employing Information Communication and Technology(ICT) remains pertinent in empowering the youths.
She said that studies revealed that 2.5 million jobs have been created in the education system in 10 years, adding that the sector has contributed to the Gross Domestic Product in Nigeria.
Hamza further advocated for strategic censorship in the community to curb the negative application of ICT.
