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- According to statistics provided by UNESCO, there are about 10.5 million Nigerian children that are out of school. This is the largest population of such out of school children anywhere on earth, in fact, Nigeria accounts for 47 percent of the world’s population of OSC. Forty per cent of Nigerian children aged 6-11 do not attend any primary school with the Northern region recording the lowest school attendance rate in the country, particularly for girls. Despite a significant increase in net enrollment rates in recent years, it is estimated that about 4.7 million children of primary school age are still not in school.
- Many children do not attend school because their labour is needed to either help at home or to bring additional income into the family. Many families cannot afford the associated costs of sending their children to school such as uniforms and textbooks. For others, the distance to the nearest school is a major hindrance.
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