The organisation said that during a visit to the school, it was discovered that residents of the community had begun to withdraw their children and wards.
About 500 pupils attending the Kuchichacha LEA Primary School in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, are presently learning under fallen roofs with the absence of competent teachers.
This was revealed in a report issued by a popular procurement non-profit organisation, Tracka.
The organisation said that during a visit to the school, it was discovered that residents of the community had begun to withdraw their children and wards.
The reports reads: “This is the condition of Kuchichacha LEA Primary School in Kwali Area Council, FCT. The roofs are blown off, the classrooms are on the verge of collapsing and only 5 teachers are attending to 500 students. Any teacher posted there immediately relocates because of the terrible infrastructure.
“This condition has made parents withdraw their children and return them to the farms. The parents also lamented how all efforts to get the attention of the council chairman and UBEC through their various letters have fallen on deaf ears.
“We call on your office, @NigEducation, @ubecnigeria to facilitate the renovation and staffing of this school to provide the children of Kuchichacha access to quality education.
“This condition has made parents withdraw their child(ren) from school and return them to the farms instead.
“According to UNICEF, Nigeria has 18 million children. 1 in every 5 in the world. This situation is one of the contributors to the abysmal figures as the government’s neglect of this facility has denied over 500 children access to quality education and contributed to the rising number of out-of-school children in the country.
“When our team visited the community, we met Mr Magaji, the community secretary. He shared his concerns about the situation and explained how the children faced terrible challenges just to receive a basic education.
“As you can see, the school structure has no zinc and learning materials. The buildings have collapsed, and the roofing has been removed by wind and rain. During the rainy season, our children are forced to stay at home while some of us have to tell them to go to the farm because we do not see the use of the school anymore.
“We have written to the council Chairman and even to the Universal Basic Education Board in Abuja with plenty of pictures for over ten years, but still no feedback from them. Some people who refuse to allow their children to go farm have to attend schools in other communities so that they won’t be left behind in the school system.”
Recall how SaharaReporters recently reported that the pupils of the LEA primary school in the Bagusa, Dei Dei community in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have been seen learning under a fallen roof because of lack of classrooms.
A visit to the school by SaharaReporters showed that the students who were in their teens were arranged under a makeshift structure built from wood.