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T he Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has engaged with the State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) Chairmen to strategize on the effective rollout of open schooling programme across the country. At a meeting with Chairmen and directors of social mobilization of SUBEBs in Abuja on Tuesday, the executive secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, said if Nigeria make a headway in curtailing the growing number of out of school children, it must explore new approaches. It  would be recalled that UBEC introduced the Open Schooling system to improve enrolment, retention and completion of UBE programmes for Out-of-School Children in a flexible education system that allows participants to learn remotely in an informal manner. According to him, the choice before us, is to adopt the Open Schooling mode that is capable of reaching a large number of learners while eliminating the barriers currently imposed by space and time.  Bobboyi also said that t...