Northern Nigeria has 15.23 million out-of-school children – Report
Published By: Paul Dada
By Paul Dada
Northern Nigeria has 15.23 million out-of- school children. This is according to a report posted on the X handle of Statisense.
Statisense which got its data from UNICEF also says southern Nigeria has 2.58 million children who are not in school.
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The report which is based on 2023 data says North West has 8.04 million out-of-school children while North East follows with 5.06 million. Next comes North Central with 2.12 million.
The South West has 1.15 million out-of-school children. The South South has 769,000 while the South East has 664,000.