Enrollment in nomadic elementary school in Nigeria 2016-2019, by gender
In 2019, there were more than 1.1 million children enrolled in nomadic elementary schools in Nigeria. The majority of them were female students, which accounted for 65 percent of the total (almost 740 thousand). Nomadic education is a sub-component of the Nigerian formal educational system which aims to offer equal opportunities for all social groups, independently from ethnicity, geographical origin, gender, or social class.