Education of children is a community responsibility in majority of Nigerian ethnic groups. All Nigerian children are supposed to have access to a local elementary school. While the government aims to provide universal education for both boys and girls, the number of girls in class is usually much lower than the number of boys.
Sending every child in a family to school can often put a lot of strain and stress on a family as this means that the family will lose the child/children's help around the house during school hours. They will also have to work harder to make ends meet in order to pay for their children’s school uniforms and supplies. Thus if parents are forced to send one child to school over another, many will choose to educate boys before girls.
Historically, Nigerians have been very interested in higher education. However, while Nigeria's system of higher education is the largest in Africa, the demand for higher education far exceeds the capacity of the facilities. There simply are not enough institutions to cater to the exceedingly high demand. In 1998 only thirty-five thousand students were accepted to Nigerian universities out of a pool of more than four hundred thousand applicants.
Nigeria also has 125 technical training schools. The majority of these focus on polytechnic and agricultural training, with only a few specializing in areas such as petroleum sciences and health.
No comments:
Post a Comment