🇳🇬 The Education Crisis in Nigeria in Numbers.
- Alain Ondias-Souna
- Jan 20, 2023
- 1 min read
🌍 The statistics of the Nigerian education system reflect a broken

education system that makes it difficult for Nigerian children to receive an excellent education, consequently making it impossible for them to realize their potential fully.
🌍 The Nigerian education system is plagued with serious issues, as reflected in its statistics, which impede our children from receiving high-quality education and reaching their full potential.
🌍 Out of the estimated 244 million children out of school worldwide in 2021, 98 million, the largest share, is found in sub-Saharan Africa, where it is sadly increasing. Of those, 20 million are in Nigeria, up from 13 million in 2010. Nigeria has the third largest out-of-school population in the world after India and Pakistan. But Nigeria is the country with the largest population of out-of-school children of primary school age: 9.6 million in 2020, up from 6.4 million n 2000 and 7.5 million in 2010.
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