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Nigeria: One in Three Nigerians Illiterate - Minister
Premium Times, 5 December 2018
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday in Kano said Nigeria has about 60 million illiterate youth and adults. Read more »
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Nigeria: Rescuing Nigeria's 13.2 Million Out-of-School Children
Guardian, 15 November 2018
That Nigeria has one of the highest number of children without access to education with about 13.2 million out-of-school children is no longer news. Read more »
One in Three Nigerians Illiterate - Education Minister
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu says that Nigeria has about 60 million illiterate youths and adults - with females accounting for nearly 60% of this figure, while a total of 11 million children were out-of-school. The minister added that the low level of literacy skills of millions of learners who completed some formal school education, made the situation more complicated.
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The head of a body regulating university education in Nigeria has said the country must return to its roots to tackle the declining quality of education, amid claims that nine out ... Read more »
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Kano State has launched a mass literacy campaign centre that will make major strides in impacting writing skills and knowledge among the illiterate in the metropolis. Read more »
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The Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has described reports that over 10 million children in the country are out of school as a ticking time bomb. Read more »
