Zamfara: UNICEF embarks on drama to create awareness on children

As part of its partnership effort to reduce the number of out of school children in Zamfara state, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), has engaged the services of drama artists to create awareness and enrollment campaign drive to parents and guardians at ten different markets across Zamfara state.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer 1, state universal basic education board, Ismail Labaran Dashi, and made available to Blueprint in Gusau Tuesday.

He said this year’s campaign drive was tagged by the development partner (UNICEF) as Market Sensitisation , through drama exercise that could sensitise parents on the significance of enrolling their children in  school for a better future generation in the state.

“Other essence of the markets square drama services campaign drive scheme organised by UNICEF, is to extend the advocacy and awareness campaign to the hard to reach communities at grass root areas for them to allow their out of school children have access to western education from primary to secondary and up to the tertiary levels for a better future generations in the state,” Hashim stated.

Speaking while supervising the exercise Monday in Gusau, the UNICEF representative, Zamfara state office, Alhaji Ahmed Hashim said they embarked on the program as part of the enrollment drive of the year 2020 through partnership with Zamfara state government under State Universal Basic Education Board.

Alhaji Ahmed Hashim called on parents to ensure their wards have not been left behind as registration for the new intake is still going on in all schools across the state.

However, the chairman UBEB, Zamfara state, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Maradun, commended the UNICEF for the support given to the state on education and other sectors like health and water resources, adding that, his board will continue working with all the relevant development partners who are willing to support the state in the area of education.

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