In the school year 2018/2019, there were around 7.4 million junior secondary school students in Nigeria, which were enrolled in roughly 33 thousand junior secondary schools. The number of male students was slightly higher than that of females. Officially, the junior secondary education age in Nigeria includes students aged 12 to 14 years, while the official entrance age to upper-secondary education is 15 years, with study duration being three years.
Number of students enrolled in junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of the school year 2018/2019, by gender
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Federal Ministry of Education. (October 7, 2021). Number of students enrolled in junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of the school year 2018/2019, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268396/number-of-secondary-school-students-in-nigeria-by-gender/
Federal Ministry of Education. "Number of students enrolled in junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of the school year 2018/2019, by gender." Chart. October 7, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268396/number-of-secondary-school-students-in-nigeria-by-gender/
Federal Ministry of Education. (2021). Number of students enrolled in junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of the school year 2018/2019, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268396/number-of-secondary-school-students-in-nigeria-by-gender/
Federal Ministry of Education. "Number of Students Enrolled in Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria as of The School Year 2018/2019, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Oct 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268396/number-of-secondary-school-students-in-nigeria-by-gender/
Federal Ministry of Education, Number of students enrolled in junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of the school year 2018/2019, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268396/number-of-secondary-school-students-in-nigeria-by-gender/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of students enrolled in junior secondary schools in Nigeria as of the school year 2018/2019, by gender [Graph], Federal Ministry of Education, October 7, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1268396/number-of-secondary-school-students-in-nigeria-by-gender/
