Public pre-primary schools in Nigeria 2019, by area

In 2018, 7.2 million children in Nigeria were attending early education programs. The Early Childhood Care and Development Education (ECCDE) is offered in Nigeria by both private and public schools. Overall, the number of children reached 4.3 million in public institutes. The number of public schools amounted to 24.4 thousand in rural areas and to 7.9 thousand in urban areas.