OUT-OF-SCHOOL-CHILDREN ISSUE The issue of out-of-school children in Nigeria is severe, with Kebbi, Sokoto, and Yobe states facing the highest percentages. In these states, approximately two-thirds of children aged 6–15
The United Nations Children’s Funds, UNICEF, in collaboration with Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in Nigeria, has said that despite the progress made, Nigeria was not likely to achieve the
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that 70 per cent of Nigerian children are going through a learning crisis, as statistics from the ‘Learning Crisis in the Nigerian
(CNN) At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity, the United Nations children’s
Education in Nigeria is divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary. The first six years of formal education in Nigeria are free and compulsory by law; and on average, each Nigerian
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria accounts for 45 per cent of the growing number of out-of school children in West Africa. Citing the Multiple
