TDR-CRA2 Special Edition : What Citizens Can Do to Support Campaign Against Out-of –School in Nigeria - a podcast by MAP MEDIA

from 2019-11-23T00:32:49

:: ::

Guests: Segun Paul Medupin, Programme Manager, YouthHub Africa, joining us from Abuja, the Nation’s capital, Good morning Segun, how is Abuja this morning. And Elizabeth Talatu Williams: Founder, SID Initiative & Youth Coordinator UNFPA YPP Lagos., live in our Lagos Studio.


For citizens to engage this development issues, let be sure of what we are dealing with about the figures of Children Out of school in Nigeria


According to UNICEF Website at https://www.unicef.org/nigeria/education ; In Nigeria, about 10.5 million children are not in school even though primary education is officially free and compulsory.


According to a Newspaper report of The Punch Published on  April 13, 2019 : “The Federal Ministry of Education said that it had conducted a National Personnel Audit of both public and private schools in Nigeria, which showed that the country has 10,193,918 out-of-school children.


Another source put it at 13.2 million, what is the estimate, what data is available?



---

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tdnpodcast/message

Further episodes of TDN

Further podcasts by MAP MEDIA

Website of MAP MEDIA