Nigeria: Why Nigeria Has Millions of Out-of-School Kids

15 April 2019

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said the number of out-of-school children nationwide is estimated at 10,193,918 and gave the rationale on why many kids are not enrolled in primary and secondary schools.

By contrast, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) had at the Northern Nigerian Traditional Rulers Conference on Out-of-School Children pre-conference briefing in Abuja, last year, said the number had increased to 13.2 million.

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