 Today is Children's Day, a day set aside in Nigeria to celebrate the child and highlight issues surrounding their upbringing, as well as the promotion of their rights to proper development. On this day, parents have acknowledged the government to address issues of out-of-school children and children with special needs. Placific or respondent, Olamideh Ademi has more. Nigeria has a high number of out-of-school children, a situation worsened by the ongoing violence and instability in part of the country. Even though primary education is officially free and compulsory, about 10.5 million of the country's children age 5 to 14 years are not in school. 27th of May marks the Children's Day and this year's theme focuses on a better future for every child. A fund fair is organized for children, but it's also a time for parents to speak up about concerns in the education sector of the country. Their importance cannot be over-emphasized. Children are very, very important. They are essential. All child is entitled to education because every child has a right to education, good quality education. Children's Day, you know, celebrated all over the world because the children are the future. We cannot do all. We as individuals, we need to also be advocates for peace, for change, for impacting lives, we should have empathy. You and I, everyone around us needs to touch lives, not just for the government to do everything. Without any doubt, the family plays the most important role in proper child development. Sometimes on the street, you see kids begging, or the parents are sick, so I think that the government needs to change that. But the government needs to do more. They need to take care of children on the streets, children in the hospital. They need to raise awareness. We need to raise awareness. It's children who celebrate them, who give them gifts. I prefer to go to school. I don't feel like celebrating children's day. I'm celebrating. I'm helping my mom to sell food, stuff. It should help them to provide parents, shoutouts, and take them to the motherless baby room, take them to schools. On the street are underprivileged children, some fan for themselves and their families. I can just try and just tell the students, number one, try to remove kids from the streets and gather them together. We can appeal to our government to prioritize education and to give education the importance that it deserves. In the 21st century, children are increasingly susceptible to the influence of technology and modern means of communication. And the sooner they are made aware of society's functions, their role in it, and how they can walk to achieve what's expected of them, the better it is for the world at large. Olamidee Adyemi, Plus TV News.