Summary: Nigeria’s Universal Basic Education Commission reports that approximately 10 million children across the country are currently missing out on early childhood education.
Nigeria’s Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has disclosed that approximately 10 million children in the country are currently not receiving early childhood education, raising fresh concerns about the state of foundational learning across the nation.
The figure, cited by UBEC, points to a significant gap in access to early education — a stage widely regarded as critical to a child’s long-term cognitive and social development.
Early childhood education typically covers the formative years before primary school, during which children develop foundational language, numeracy, and social skills. A shortfall at this stage can have lasting consequences on a child’s academic trajectory and future prospects.
Nigeria has long grappled with challenges in its basic education sector, including infrastructure deficits, funding gaps, and regional disparities in school enrolment. The latest UBEC data suggests that despite ongoing efforts, millions of the country’s youngest learners remain unreached.
UBEC serves as the federal body responsible for supervising and coordinating basic education provision across Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
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