In the school year 2018/2019, there were about 33 thousand junior secondary schools in Nigeria. Roughly 20 thousand were private schools and 13.6 thousand were public institutes. In total, there were 3.3 million students enrolled in lower secondary schools in Nigeria.
Number of junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of 2018/2019, by ownership
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Federal Ministry of Education. (February 19, 2021). Number of junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of 2018/2019, by ownership [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268393/number-of-junior-secondary-schools-in-nigeria-by-ownership/
Federal Ministry of Education. "Number of junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of 2018/2019, by ownership." Chart. February 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268393/number-of-junior-secondary-schools-in-nigeria-by-ownership/
Federal Ministry of Education. (2021). Number of junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of 2018/2019, by ownership. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268393/number-of-junior-secondary-schools-in-nigeria-by-ownership/
Federal Ministry of Education. "Number of Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria as of 2018/2019, by Ownership." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Feb 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268393/number-of-junior-secondary-schools-in-nigeria-by-ownership/
Federal Ministry of Education, Number of junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of 2018/2019, by ownership Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268393/number-of-junior-secondary-schools-in-nigeria-by-ownership/ (last visited November 24, 2024)
Number of junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of 2018/2019, by ownership [Graph], Federal Ministry of Education, February 19, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268393/number-of-junior-secondary-schools-in-nigeria-by-ownership/
