Look Who Is Going To School In Nigeria: The Statistics May Surprise You

This reminds me of a New Yorker who has  never traveled beyond Brooklyn and screams authoritatively that Brooklyn has the BEST restaurants in the WHOLE WORLD. Not in New York, not in the USA but in the WHOLE WORLD. . .  Or better still, a baseball game involving teams from USA  tagged "WORLD SERIES"  

Wait! I have a better one. . . like people in America who should know better asking Nigerians if they live on trees. . .  

@ Debosky,

Population density means nothing except that the geographical area is small.

I never even knew that Uni admission was based on state of origin not state of residence. Even still, why did Bayelsa beat all Yoruba states in the last admission statistics I studied? Do you know how few people trace their origin to Bayelsa?

at this  juncture,I call on our resident onyeara nigeria1 aka becomerich to report here right now and scatter this thread with his maps.
This is one time I need him

Bayelsa
are you sure of this claim?
since when did you people start going to school
are there no more fishes to catch?

They need to learn the latest kidnapping strategy from the secret cults on campus. 

Don't mind the idiots. Whilst our forefathers had met the whiteman and had been going to school since the 1800's, they were still covering themselves with loincloth. I hope they remember Ernest Ikoli and other Ijaw stalwarts who were educated back when they were still trading in cowries. Whilst Jaja of Opobo had lawyers representing him in England in the 1700's, Okonkwo was still busy sacrificing Ikemefuna to the gods.  If they don't take time we will unleash the Arochukwu upon them like we used to do back in those days.  Only the people of Badagry and Old Calabar are qualified to talk about education where Ijaw people are concerned.

@Debo

Is there a better factor to attest to demographic growth of an area than school leavers? If the so-called south-east is thumping other zones in terms of population growth, why has it not reflected accordingly within the institutionalized discrimination known as quota system in Nigeria? 

@Sauron

Any attempt to speak the truth in the jungle called Nigeria would always bring the good, bad and ugly out of the inhabitants of the jungle.

The analogous statement of yours, thus, “Statistics are like miniskirts. They give you a good idea but can hide the most important feature”, is most refreshing. But I had rather embrace miniskirts in the tropical climate of Nigeria than overflowing gown.

@Ibi

I say shut the hell up my friend!! We have always pray that the pupils should emulate the masters. During the period Ndigbo were breaking school slates with Onyecha, your forebears were still making their homes in canoes. Nnedum Okongwu was the first Ph.D produced by the colonial contraption called Nigeria. By the time of his accomplishment, the likes of Azikiwe and Nkrumah were till queuing for admission.

who is this dede1 dude? Quiet an interesting and refreshing fellow.

@Omo oyb

You have posted yourself into Allah’s “wahala”. One of the members of your mosque, who is also a lady member of forum community, is irked about the pictorial Ikenga you stamped on the forum. Guess what, her sentiment was as good mine why a celebrated Peeping Tom such as you would switch interest to same sex.

I tried to put words for you but lady did not want any of my pleadings.

daddy dede1,

your repeated attempts to knock on my well known  hot buttons are neither 'refreshing nor interesting' 




eh when you were hitting funmi with your wooden object , in her throes , she confessed shes actually a muslim?  - DAMN! you must be good!

BecomeRich, please help me spam this thread with google images.

I'd expect better comprehension from you, but let me restate:

1. The population 'census' measured people living in given states and did not record states of origin, so it cannot be used as a sufficient basis to determine the population of a given tribe, especially one as perspicacious as the Igbo.

2. Lagos is more populated than Bayelsa no doubt, but that is irrelevant for the most part because majority of the people IN Lagos do not claim to be FROM Lagos.

3. The statistics being quoted are reported STATES OF ORIGIN, not states of residence. It is entirely plausible that there is a higher population of Igbos living outside their geographically defined 'home zone' than other tribes.

4. 'Igboland' or the South East remains one of the most densely populated places in Nigeria, apart from Lagos or Kano. It is this extremely high population density (in addition to other factors) that has led to the massive migration to other parts of the country/world. In fact, the three states with the highest population density in Nigeria are Abia, Anambra and Enugu states

5. Are there demographic differences between the tribes in question? Do Igbo families have larger or smaller number of children compared to others? Was there a 'baby boom' at some point in the past that could be (partly) responsible for this trend?

6. The census figures have been disputed by many groups as representing a politically acceptable result (to the North that is) rather than the true state of things.

7. Rates of completion are not included in the data, neither are drop out statistics. All these different measures can give a more accurate picture than admission stats alone.

8. A more useful number could be the proportion of applicants from the respective zones, vis-a-vis the admission numbers. Another useful term could be the proportion of the eligible populations in the different zones actually in school, such measures are more indicative of trends that the ones used here.

In conclusion, this data is insufficient to make any far reaching determinations. It is what it is, showing higher enrollment numbers than the South West.

THE ONLY SENSIBLE AND TOTALLY OBJECTIVE COMMENT IN THE WHOLE THREAD!!!

Omo oyb

What do you take me for? Why would I attempt to repeatedly knock on your well known hot buttons when such deed would unleash a serial Peeping Tom in your neighborhood? I do not want to be an accomplice to murder case since your neighborhood is under 24 hour surveillance mounted by stern-looking Area Boys. Please stay cool and control because the forum community does not want to lose your expertise as a roadside technician turned engineer.   

Infact the supporting title (the statistics may surprise you) of this thread is a little bit misleading, as it tends to portray that Igbos have not always been going to school but only started doing so recently.  No doubt, Yoruba started going to school many years before the Igbo; however, just before the war Yorubas began to wonder how Igbos that started school only a few years back made the kind of impact they themselves did not make all those years, and they were wondering how the Igbo made it because by 1960, the vice chancellor of University of Ibadan was an Igbo and that was Prof. Kenneth Dike. The vice chancellor of University of Lagos was an Igbo man, Prof. Eni Njoku. Please do remember also that the then rector of Yaba College of Technology, Engr. Agbasi was an Igbo man. So, the pre-centre for excellence in Nigeria were in the hands of Igbomen and they also controlled the UNN (Nsukka). These events are verifiable.

Ibime, thanks too. I am running out of time. Could you please present a comparative post of SE and SW states for the five subjects of Eng, maths, phy, chem and bio. A beg no vex. Thanks.

I no get time for that - but we all know Igbo states (especially Imo) are doing well in the core subjects.

Meanwhile, I have found one subject where the South-West is leading - Yoruba! 

I have also found another subject where the North is leading - Arabic!