Original Research Article
Year: 2018 | Month: January | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 21-32
The Incidence of Out-Of-School and Issues of Child’s Rights in Nigeria: Brazil and Guatemala’s Case and Lessons from Canada
Abdulrahman, Yusuf Maigida1; Iyieke-Jaja, Joyce Ifeoma2; Elems, Ikwegbu Helen1
1Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt
2Department of Public Administration, School of Business Administration, Elechi Amadi Polytechnic, Port Harcourt
Corresponding Author: Abdulrahman, Yusuf Maigida
ABSTRACT
The paper focused on the peculiarity of out-of-school situation and issue of child’s right in Nigeria. In the overall examination of the issue among the developing countries of the world, the duo of Guatemala and Brazil were identified as the case studies; to x-ray the associated problems and characteristics of out-of-school in the developing nations in a manner that the cause and effect were portrayed. The study identified that anything that prompts out-of-school as an experience in Nigeria is a violation of child’s rights, captured in the Child right Act - an Act to provide and protect the right of the Nigerian child and other related matters, 2003; also as part of the UBE Act of 2004 which legalised compulsory attendance of schools. In spite of these instruments and international protocols and charters like Education for All (EFA), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and many others, Nigeria is still rated highest in the population of out-of-school children. To address the menace of out-of-school in Nigeria, insights into the Canadian success stories and strategies in policy and practice, resulting in almost 100% attendance of school or no out-of-school children were comparatively appraised for Nigeria to re-assess herself and pick lessons from Canada in the process of embarking on educational reforms. The paper, however, conclude that non-implementation of policies on education is the plaguing problem that has kept the country where it is.
Key words: Education for All (EFA), Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), out-of-school situation, child’s right.
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