Outdated Statistics, Outdated Progress – Nigeria’s Out-of-School Children Crisis

Nigeria’s official statistic for out-of-school children (OOSC) hasn’t been updated since 2010? That’s 14 years of running on the same number - 35.65%. Surprising? Yes. Troubling? Absolutely. Especially when that figure translates to 15.1 million children - the highest in the world. But here’s the kicker: some state governments seem just fine with it.