Officials of the federal and Lagos State education ministries expressed doubt on the latest global data on out-of-school children by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).
UNESCO in September 2022, announced that Nigeria now has about 20 million out-of-school children. It noted that there were 244 million children and youth between the ages of 6 and 18 who are out of school globally. According to the statistics, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan have the highest numbers for out-of-school children.
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