Tackling Nigeria’s out-of-school children crisis

The federal government has reiterated its commitment to tackling Nigeria’s worsening out-of-school children crisis. Currently, the government has affirmed that it has about 15 million out-of-school children. In other words, these are children outside the school system across the country. Government’s figure notwithstanding, Nigeria’s out-of-school children may be above the official figure. While the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nigeria Education Centre says that around 18.3 million out-of-school children exist in the country, other estimates put the figure at about 20 million. Whatever is the case, the fact remains that Nigeria’s out-of-school challenge is enormous.
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