 With estimated 700,000 children out of school in Nogun state, the state government is seeking more support from all in Sundry to reduce the ugly trend. The deputy governor, Mrs. Noymot Salako Oyedele, made the appeal at her office during handing over of a block of four classrooms constructed by a non-governmental organization, NGO, the Build a School Initiative in Africa, Basia, in a Biokutada state capital. The project is built for the people of Igboidu community in Nogun, water-side local government area of the state. An event here in Okemosaw, where the under-government-style state was here to launch the program on out-of-school children. And we all know that there are different issues that cause children to be taken out of school. But the biggest challenge is that once the children lose their early years education, you cannot get it back. If you want to have early education, you have basic education, then when you go off and do some vocational training, you can always come back and continue to educate yourself. But if you miss the early years, then it's a big problem. Also that we're looking at different intervention programs from the states to also support families that need help so that they can keep their children in school. Out-of-school children now is a disaster waiting to happen for all of us in the future. Salako Oyedele, who described the high rate of out-of-school children in the state as disaster, said government alone cannot do it all in the educational sector, hence the need to seek more collaborations with NGOs, organizations, and well-to-do individuals. The President and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of Basia, Dr. Victor Okorebi, said the completion of the block of classrooms brings it to a total of eight blocks of classrooms built in the state. They are affirming the Ogun remains a very good partner of the organization. Brings a total number of blocks of classrooms constructed by Basia and his partners in the Ogun State to aid within the space of four years, which means on average, we build two blocks of classrooms for Ogun State here. Thank you.