By Emma Una

CALABAR—FORTY-SIX thousand children drop out of primary and secondary schools in Cross River State every year owing to lack of funds to continue their education

This figure was reeled out  by The Bridge Leadership Foundation, TBLF, a nongovernmental organisation founded by former governor of the state, Mr Liyel Imoke, while presenting scholarships to 40 students of public secondary schools in the state.

Mrs  Ewa Fasina, Executive Secretary of TBLF, who gave  the figures, said a survey conducted by the foundation in conjunction with  the state Ministry of Education revealed  that thousands of pupils and students in  primary and secondary schools in the state drop out of school  every year because of their parents’ inability to pay for their education.