[size=15pt]‘Nigerian children shun schools’ [/size]
By Tobi Soniyi, Abuja
Published: Wednesday, 10 Sep 2008
The Federal Government has said that enrolment in primary school has been slowing down, raising concerns that the country is far from realising the United Nations Millennium Development Goals on education.

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Dr. Igwe Aja-Nwachukwu, Minister of Education

The UN’s MDG expects Nigeria to ensure that boys and girls complete primary school.

In a report submitted to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, the government noted that enrolment in primary school had been nosediving for both boys and girls.

The report was submitted in line with Article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.

It says, “contrary to the data from previous years, primary school education enrolment between 2004 and 2006 among female children showed a downward trend from 80 per cent to 60.4 per cent of the total number of girls that are within the age of enrolment.

“The trend was similar to that of boys which dropped from 80 per cent to 64 per cent within the same period.”

Member nations of the UN are expected to submit periodic reports detailing how they have implemented the convention, according to the report obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Tuesday.

source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art200809104304568

when t/he population is increasing, school attendance is decreasing - very interesting

Another pointer to the fact that this Government is a waste. not funny at all

Another result of evil population demographics manipulation: states that really have higher number of children are under-counted and allocated less revenue, while desert states with little or no population recieve the lion share of educational allocations. These allocations, in form of UBE or ministry of education grants have been used to "balance the unfavorable educational equation against the north" for years. While kids roam around begging for education in the south, the federal government is pouring all of its energy in educating the scarce and unwilling northern child so that educational balance could be achieved in naija.

They should name which section of the country's children are shunning schools. It's not enough to just say "Nigerian children shun schools"