The United Nations Organisation for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) has commenced talks with the World Bank to expand advocacy and supports for early childhood education in the country.
UNESCO Regional Director, Mr. Ydo Yao, who stated that every Nigerian child has right to early childhood learning said there was need for partnerships to conduct needs assessment on the Early Childhood Care Education (ECCE) Play and Resilient project, aimed at promoting basic education and enabling easy transition to primary classes.
He disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting, held in Abuja to discuss report findings on the ECCE needs assessment conducted in Adamawa and Ebonyi States. The China-Africa collaboration project is being implemented also in South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Responding to commitments from the World Bank representative, Dr. Tunde Adekola, who charged stakeholders to extend the study to other states, Yao said UNESCO was ready and willing to work with the Bank.
UNESCO, World Bank to partner on early child education
