Education policy in Nigeria
To recognize the gap between countries like Russia and the UK and countries like Nigeria is part of evaluating the power of governments and the policy challenges faced by nation states.How do the challenges of educational policy in Nigeria compare to those in the UK?
This report was published in This Day in Lagos.
Primary School Enrolment Still Less Than 50 Percent
"Primary school enrolment in Nigeria has been put at less that 50 per cent, with the north recording less than the national average. Secondary school enrolment figure is even worse with only 25 per cent for girls and 29 per cent for boys."Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu... regretted that 'Nigeriaís educational sector has taken a leap backward with the re-emergence of new critical mass of illiterates who for various reasons are simply out of school...
"'The country's educational crisis has been defined in terms of failing quality, incoherent curriculum, examination malpractices, poor funding, dilapidated structures and abysmally poor sector management,' which he said has resulted in poor enrolment and an even poorer educational delivery to the few pupils fortunate to be in school..."
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