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minimum of adjusted NAR of 90.0 while northeast and northwest respectively had 49,1 and 50.4
respectively. The primary school completion rates in states like Adamawa, Anambra,
Ebonyi, and Imo states were more than 120% indicating that more children completed primary
school around 11 years old or below and more males (94%) than females (77%) were in this
category. The completion rate also showed north-south variation: southeast and south-south
recorded 93% and 123% respectively while northeast and northwest recorded 55% respective
and; north-central recorded 85.6% (NBS, 2013).
From the NBS (2013) data, there appears to be an association between mothers' educational
level and children's school enrolment. More than 90% of children whose mothers had a
minimumof secondary educationwere enrolledwhile 84%of those whosemothers had primary
education were also enrolled but only half of the children whose mothers had no education were
attending school. Also, net primary school completion rate correlated with mothers’ educational
level and households’ socioeconomic status. Completion rates for children whose mothers had
primary and no education were respectively 71% and 104% while children from the poorest
households and those from the richest households were 59% and 79% respectively (see Figure
3.4.2).
Figure 3.4.2: Primary School Completion Rates and Transition Rate to Secondary School by
Parental Schooling and Household Wealth, 2011
Source: National Bureau of Statistics (2013)
Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS, 2017) shows that the net intake rate of children
of primary school entry age that entered grade 1 was lowest among children from poorest
households (17.0%), Hausa ethnic group (29.7%) and children of women that had no education
(25,7%) were lowest. It was highest among richest households (65.2), Igbo ethnic group (62.2)
and children of women who had higher education (70.5%) (NBS, 2017). The data also indicates
that 27.2% of Nigerian children are out-of-school, of which the northeast and northwest record
39.8% and 29.9% respectively (NBS, 2017)
The NBS 2016/2017 education data shows that primary school completion rate was 63.0%
while the rate of transition to secondary school was 66.9. These also varied across economic
levels, locations and mothers' educational levels. Primary school completion rate was highest in
South-south (81.5) and North-central (72.9) zones and was lowest in northeast (54.0) and
northwest (57.1) zones. Also, the rates of transition from primary to secondary school were
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