WHICH STATE CAN BE NAMED THE MOST EDUCATED IN OUR COUNTRY?

The overall literacy rate in Nigeria is quite drastic. For the last decade, there are not enough changes that could provide the improvement in the education sphere of Nigeria. However, Nigeria moves to the right direction, and experts offer information that literacy rate keeps growing. Still, with better reforms and more investments, the process of overall education can be speeded up by several times! 

Let’s be clear and understand the whole situation with the literacy rate in Nigeria! The literate population is defined as people who are older than 15 and can read and write. Education is a vital part of every country, and Nigeria does not provide great results in comparison to other world countries. Still, experts acknowledge that Nigeria is one of the greatest countries in Africa in terms of education.

Youth literacy rate: English Language. A lot of disputes are centered on the idea of the performance in English tests. According to the national survey, the overall literacy rate in the English language amongst young people is 76.3%. There are also some disputes in data depending on the place of residence or gender. The greatest result in English was provided in Abia State, which is around 95.6%. The lowest result is monitored in Sokoto which is 33.1%. If we compare the urban and rural literacy rate for Nigeria, then we achieve numbers 90% and 69% respectively. Moreover, the males show higher literacy rate than female – 81 and 71.7% respectively.

Youth literacy rate: Any Language The literacy rate in the Nigerian States by any language shows much greater results. According to the survey, the youth literacy rate in any language provides 85.6% in results. The urban areas show the literacy rate of 94.3% while the rural areas provided only 89.4%. The male literacy rate shows 89.4% while the female provides only 81.6%.  The best states that provided the highest literacy rates are Abia and Lagos – 96.6% and 96.5% respectively.

Adult and Youth literacy rate. Let’s define who the youth are and who adults are. The youth population can be defined as the people who are in the age category from 15 to 24 included. The adult population can be defined as the people who are 25 years old and older.

LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THE LITERACY RATE IN NIGERIA BY STATE. FCT – Youth (69.8%), Adults (61.0%); Zamfara – Youth (84.6%), Adults (82.5 %); Yobe – Youth (61.9 %), Adults (48.9%); Taraba – Youth (79.6 %), Adults (62.7%); Sokoto – Youth (81.8 %), Adults (77.4 %); Rivers – Youth (91.1 %), Adults (65.0%); Plateau – Youth (80.8 %), Adults (71.3%); Oyo – Youth (94.6%), Adults (70.0%); Osun – Youth (96.6 %), Adults (70.2%); Ondo – Youth (94.8%), Adults (74.3%); Ogun – Youth (93.8 %), Adults (77.7 %); Niger – Youth (91.1 %), Adults (50.1%); Nasarawa – Youth (80.8%), Adults (54.1 %); Lagos – Youth (94.6 %), Adults (87.7%); Kwara – Youth (96.6 %), Adults (42.6 %); Kogi – Youth (94.8%), Adults (72.5 %); Kebbi – Youth (93.8 %), Adults (57.2 %); Katsina – Youth (63.9%), Adults (53.3%); Kano – Youth (66.0 %), Adults (74.1 %); Kaduna – Youth (96.5 %), Adults (72.4 %); Jigawa – Youth (80.1%), Adults (74.1%); Imo – Youth (91.8%), Adults (82.4 %); Gombe – Youth (71.1%), Adults (63.9 %); Enugu – Youth (63.6%), Adults (65.0 %); Ekiti – Youth (76.8%), Adults (72.2%); Edo – Youth (79.9 %), Adults (64.0 %); Ebonyi – Youth (96.1 %), Adults (72.2 %); Delta – Youth (69.8 %), Adults (71.3 %); Cross River – Youth (94.4 %), Adults (70.0%); Borno – Youth (95.4 %), Adults (58.6 %); Benue – Youth (89.9%), Adults (77.3 %); Bayelsa – Youth (88.8 %), Adults (77.7 %); Bauchi – Youth (73.3 %), Adults (73.3%); Anambra – Youth (93.8 %), Adults (65.7 %); Akwa Ibom – Youth (92.7 %), Adults (79.6 %); Adamawa – Youth (83.8%), Adults (73.3%); Abia – Youth (96.6%), Adults (81.3 %); Overall – Youth (85.6 %), Adults (71.6%).