Out-of-School-Children

61million children are out of school
36million are in Africa
31million in sub-Saharan Africa
10.5million in Nigeria

2. Education is the bedrock of development and a
measureofthestandardoflivingofanysociety.
Categorization of the World into; First World and
Third World, Developed, Developing and Under-
developed,Educationremainsamajorcriteria.
Majorityofout-of-schoolchildrenarefoundinthe
Third World and Under-developed Nations. These
countriesarepoorandremainsobecauseoftheir
investmentinEducation.
A country with weak Educational infrastructure is
boundtokeepraisingat-risk-children,whosefuture
arelefttofate.

3. Recent figure reveals that there are 61million out-
of-school children.
28.67million is more than the population of
198 of 242 Countries of the World;imagine
these countries without Education?
E28.67million will never
enterschool
E15.86million have dropped
outofschool
E16.47million start school
late

4. Of the 61million out-of-school children, 36million
(about 50%) live in Africa.
Of this 36million, 31million (86.1%) live in the su b-
Saharan Africa.

5. 10.5million out-of-
school children are
Nigerian Children.
61,000,000
36,000,000
31,000,000
10,500,000
7World
7Africa
7Sub-Sahara
7Nigeria
17.21%of
out-of-school
children are
Nigerians

6. Nigeria population is
170,123,740 million
(July 2012 est.) –CIA Factbook.
0-14 years: 43.9%
74,684,322Million
10,542,104 million out-of-school is
14.12% children from 0-14years.
Year Out of School % Growth 1999 7,444,026
2000 6,940,723 -7.25%
2003 7,122,520 2.55%
2004 7,093,503 -0.41%
2005 7,133,266 0.56%
2006 7,150,254 0.24%
2007 8,653,439 17.37%
… …...
2012 10,542,105 17.92%

7. 21,122,583million
children of school age were
recorded in 2007.
An equivalent 8,653,439
million were out of School.
For every 10
school age
Children, 4 are
out of school!

8. Nigeria population is growing astronomically,
with over 40% between 0-14years, without
education, what fate await them in the
Future?

9. The Government holds the
primaryresponsibilitytocreatean
enabling environment for every
childtobeenrolledinschool.
Parents hold their Childrenthe
chiefgoalofpreparingthemfor
abettertomorrowbyenrolling
them in school and ensuring
theystayinschool.
Together they hold the responsibility of raising
Citizens equipped with the right Education and
Values to make the Family, Community, Nation
and the World a better place
FederalLocal
State

10. Government, Parents, Teachers, Neighbours,
Guardians, Brothers, Sisters, Uncles, Aunty,
Cousins, Nephews, Nieces, Friends –

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Reference:
CIA Factbook
UNESCO
Wikipedia
UBEC