Ajoke Babareke, Enugu
Current Primary School enrollment figure in Nigeria
is now 39.4 Percent.
This is one of the key findings of Multiple
Indicator Cluster Survey five MICs 5, of 2016 and 2017.
The survey also revealed that 60 Percent of children
in school Age are out of school.
MICs also revealed that Northeast with 39.5 percent
retains the highest number of out of school Age children while Southeast
maintains 7.7 percent,lowest of school age children who are out of school.
According to the survey on enrolment of primary
school age in Nigeria, "In urban areas there are about 52% , while in
rural area we have 33.7%. The Southeast has the highest enrollment with 60.5%,
followed by South West, 56.5%, South South 52.5%, North central is 48.2%,
North west 32.5% while Northeast has the worst enrollment of children with
27.2%"
Earlier at a Media Dialogue, in Enugu State, where
the key findings on MICs were discussed, UNICEF Evaluation Expert, Maureen
Zubie Okolo said Right Data Interpretation by media practitioners and all
stakeholders in Nigeria would form basis of advocacy, fund raising and sustenance
of development activities in the country.
Okolo also said Data informs policy
decisions and enhance advocacy on priorities and development issues.
A representative of Nigerian Child Right Information
Bureau, Olumide Osayinpeju also identified MICs as instrumental to
strengthening national statistics.
"The two surveys helps in monitoring and
tracking progress of towards national and international development goals"
he said.
He emphasized the need to use data figures
accurately in the advocacy reports of development partners like UNICEF and
other related agencies.
According to him, "this is Paramount to the
government of the federation it is to guide against contentious issues"
"Issues of data has become very urgent and
important not only to the government of Nigeria but also to key partners and
stakeholders" Osayinpeju added.
Speaking on Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey MICs
and Demographic and Health Survey DHS, the CRIBs representative
emphasized that the two surveys are initiatives designed to assist
countries in monitoring human development in general and situation of children
and women in particular.
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