Only one in four Nigerian children can read at 14 - UNICEF

Nigeria’s education crisis took a worrying turn on Tuesday as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) disclosed that only one in every four schoolchildren in the country can read properly and solve basic mathematics by age 14.

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June 3, 2026

…… As UNICEF, Osun deploy AI, digital learning against out-of-school crisis

By Chioma Obinna & Rotimi Ojomoyela

EDE, OSUN STATE — Nigeria’s education crisis took a worrying turn on Tuesday as the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) disclosed that only one in every four schoolchildren in the country can read properly and solve basic mathematics by age 14.

The revelation was made during a two-day media dialogue on Digital Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Skills Development for Out-of-School Children, organised by the Osun State Ministry of Education in collaboration with UNICEF in Ede, Osun State.