Out-of-school children: Bauchi questions validity of UNICEF data Story from Uji A. ILIYASU  The Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru, has refuted the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) data on the number of out-of-school children in the state. Dr Jamila dismissed UNICEF's figure of  1.2 million children, questioning the criteria used in arriving at the reported figure. UNICEF put the state as having the highest out-of-school children among the 36 states of the federation. The commissioner who disclosed this at the ongoing ministerial press briefing in Bauchi, said significant progress has been made...