Nigeria’s out-of-school children figure is now 10,193,918, Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has disclosed. He added that the Nigerian government had developed four strategic interventions on the out-of-school children, which are Special Education, Boy-Child Education, Girl-Child Education and Almajiri Sensitisation. Adamu said: “In 2015, conflicting figures of out-of-school children were being given, ranging from 10 to 13 million,” he said. “We must acknowledge that the issue of data has constituted a stumbling block in terms of planning for the out-of-school children nationwide. “Based on the conducted National Personnel Audit of both public and private schools, Nigeria has out-of-school children population of 10,193,918.

Source: Nigerian Tribune April 18, 2019 02:48 UTC