Number of senior secondary school teachers in Nigeria 2018/2019, by state
In the school year 2018/2019, there were roughly 513 thousand senior secondary school teachers in Nigeria, in both private and public schools. The state of Lagos counted more than 65 thousand teachers, the largest number nationwide. In the same year, there were about 27 thousand senior secondary schools in Nigeria. The state of Oyo alone counted around four thousand senior secondary schools, the highest number in the country.