FG concerned as 24 million pupils drop out before reaching senior secondary school

FG concerned as 24 million pupils drop out before reaching senior secondary school

The Federal government has expressed situation over the high charge of college dropouts across the us of a.

Minister of schooling, Dr. Tunji Alausa, found out on Thursday, Oct. 23, that about 24 million pupils who enrolled in primary schools didn’t develop to senior secondary degree.

speaking in Abuja at some stage in a ministerial roundtable on 0-rated data and gadgets for Nigerian teachers, Alausa said data from the digitised Nigeria education control records gadget (NEMIS) platform showed that out of 30 million pupils captured from 21 states, solely six million improved to senior secondary college.

according to him, information from NEMIS monitor a worrying trend that poses a serious chance to Nigeria’s instructional development and long-term human capital increase.

“The information we’re seeing on that virtual platform is scary,” Alausa said.

“From the 21 states that have uploaded their statistics, we’ve about 30 million babies in number one schools.

“From primary to Junior Secondary college (JSS 1), that wide variety drops to 10 million—20 million children long gone.

“we can’t find them. Then, from Junior Secondary to Senior Secondary, another 4 million disappear. It’s frightening. however now that we can see the statistics, we will begin looking at proof-primarily based interventions and display effects.”

He burdened that the high dropout charge between primary and senior secondary tiers underscores the want for centered interventions to keep children in school, specially the ones from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Alausa explained that the biometrics of every schoolchild are being uploaded onto NEMIS, a digitised platform, to allow monitoring and facts-pushed policy implementation. He brought that beginning from 2026, the annual faculty census might be absolutely digital.

“It’s not manual anymore. Paper can be taken out completely,” he stated, noting that the Ministry plans to integrate West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) facts into the device.

He expressed grasp to the United international locations kiddies’s Fund (UNICEF) for its technical aid and to President Bola Tinubu for imparting financial and political backing for the initiative