LITERACY RATE IN NIGERIA.PART 2

from 142m to 67m.Whereas in the case of Nigeria it is retrogressive.The Nigerian minister of state for education Nyesom Wike during the period under review,in an appraisal of the country's performance in the Education For All goals,put adult literacy rate in the country at 56.9%.Millenium development goals monitoring statistics put the figure of Nigerian children between the age of 15 to 24yrs that cannot read and write at appalling 71.8%.When we compare the six geopolitical zones,where the odds are glaring the north fell behind.The Nigerian Educational Data survey 2010 presented in May by National Population Commission shows North east and North west respectively lagging behind with the highest illiteracy rate in the country.NEDS Report also shows 72%of Borno state children within age bracket of six and 16years out of school while the figure for Yobe state and Bauchi state were put at 58%and 52%respectively.Then in North west,Zamfara,Sokoto,Kebbi states put at 68%,66%,60%respectively for out of school kids.