UNESCO: Nigeria has 10.5M Children out of school - Worst Global Indicator

THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has released a damning report about Nigeria’s education sector. 

UNESCO Country Director in Nigeria, Professor Hassana Alidou, while speaking at the launch of the 2012 Education For All (EFA) Global Monitoring Report (GMR), said Nigeria has some of the worst education indicators globally.

According to him, the report indicated that Nigeria  has the largest population of out-of-school children. The report showed that Nigeria has about 10.5 million out-of-school children.

Alidou further noted that the EFA global monitoring report revealed a high level of gender inequality and inequity which is very pronounced in certain parts of the country.

The report also indicated that education costs are generally prohibitive in Nigeria among others.

These indicators showed that Nigeria might not achieve the goal of Education For All, barely three years to 2015 global time line in spite of the commitment and efforts of the Federal Government toward attainment of  same. - Tribune

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