 A professor of education management, Steve Oyabade, has faltered the federal government's plan to increase basic education funding to 3 percent in the 2022 budget, saying it is still inadequate. Professor Oyabade said this added training for education secretaries in Lagos, organized by the Human Development Initiative. Plus, TV Africa correspondent Ngozika Ohochisi tells us more. The state of Nigeria's education system still leaves much to be desired. Over the years, analysts have lamented the growth on the funding of the sector, as well as the rate of out-of-school children which has increased as a result of insecurity. These issues took center stage at this training workshop. Those funding you are looking at on papers don't get to the child in the classroom. How much of education funding gets to the child in the classroom? It's marvelous. The child in the classroom is not touched. It's not even there. Nigeria has the largest population of out-of-school children. So what are they doing on the streets? So who is supposed to be in charge? So, is education really funded? If at national level, we have not gone beyond the 7% of national budgets, voted for education for the last 40 years, things are really wrong. What we can do to keep our children in school? First, you mentioned it. Security to be in place. Because the way it is now, it's some of the hindering factors for students not to be in school. Then governments to put in more money, more funds into education in terms, I know they call it a steady strike, but they still have to do more. They also prefer solutions to other issues affecting basic education in Nigeria. Much as we have advocated for improved security, I think the time has come for citizens to begin to take personal measures, particularly state governments. I believe that the state governments can do a lot around equipping their state apparatus. Apart from supporting the police and all the other paraphernalias, they can also create security watch groups that would help to assist to secure, at least for now, government-owned schools in each state. The executive secretaries who were engaged in health management and strategic planning shared their optimism. Even the little I've had, I've started thinking of how to imbibe it. Even in my age, I mean the secretariat with my staff. Early morning exercise, light ones, that will help everyone of us. The Minister of Education Ademo Ademo had said the Buhari's administration was committed to ensure that these interventions have long-lasting dividends towards the empowerment and enlightenment of the Nigerian child. However, these experts beg to differ. For Plus TV Africa, Ngoziqa, O'haii Chassi.