To improve literacy and numeracy among students in Nigeria, the United Nations Child Fund in partnership with the Kaduna state Ministry of Education has trained staff of the Kaduna State Media Corporation on education media coverage.
The one-day training which was held at the KSMC headquarters, seeks to strategize ways on reaching out to targeted students across rural and urban settlements via radio and television educational content.
Speaking, the Education officer, Kaduna UNICEF field office, Bala Dada said the thrust of the training was to strengthen partnership aimed at addressing the issue of learning poverty which is affecting the Nigerian education sector.
Also speaking, the Kaduna state team lead, Nigerian Learning Passport Project, Philip Mamman explained that the project aims to bring access to quality and continuous education to every child in Kaduna and Nigeria as a whole.
Responding, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Kaduna state media corporation, Ahmad Maiyaki underscored the importance of providing access to education for every child.
He added that as part of the corporation’s corporate social responsibility, KSMC is taking the lead to ensure the right content is aired.