A survey has revealed why an estimated 875,593 children aged five to 18 are out of school in Kano State, despite strong parental support for education in the state.
Kano has a projected 6.6million school-age children population, with the survey indicating that 13.4 per cent are out of school.
And, contrary to long-held assumptions blaming cultural resistance for northern Nigeria’s education crisis, the survey found that 99.6 per cent of parents support formal education.
The assessment, conducted across the state’s 44 local government areas and concluded in March, was Kano’s first statistically representative out-of-school children evaluation in over a decade.
It was implemented by the state Ministry of Education and the State Bureau of Statistics, in collaboration with the UK FCDO-funded Partnership for Learning for All in Nigeria (PLANE).
