The tragedy of Nigeria’s 14.8 million out-of-school children

Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, was quoted recently to say that Nigeria has a ‘number exceeding 14.8 million’ out-of-school children, a situation ‘compounded’ in his words, by ‘factors such as poverty, insecurity, and cultural barriers.’ In this twenty-first century, this is a tragedy and a shame.