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
measure of the standard of living of any society.
Categorization of the World into; First World and
Third World, Developed, Developing and Under-
developed, Education remains a major criteria.
Majority of out-of-school children are found in the
Third World and Under-developed Nations. These
countries are poor and remain so because of their
investment in Education.
A country with weak Educational infrastructure is
bound to keep raising at-risk-children, whose future
are left to fate.

3. Recent figure reveals that there are 61million out-
of-school children.
28.67million will never
enter school
15.86million have dropped
out of school
16.47million start school
late
28.67million is more than the population of
198 of 242 Countries of the World; imagine
these countries without Education?

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

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

6. Nigeria population is
170,123,740 million
(July 2012 est.) – CIA Factbook.
0-14 years: 43.9%
74,684,322 Million
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. 21,122,583 million
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
primary responsibility to create an
enabling environment for every
Federal State Local child to be enrolled in school.
Parents hold their Children the
chief goal of preparing them for
a better tomorrow by enrolling
them in school and ensuring
they stay in school.
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

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

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Analysis by: Wale Micaiah
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