..... Kelly Eton Phasey
Recent survey around Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital reveals that a higher percentage of school pupils are currently at home due to the inability of their parents/guardians to pay school fees no thanks to the present economic recession experienced in the country which according to National Bureau of Statistics is the worst in 33 years.
According to reports, Nigeria had this magnitude of economic decline during the regime of Ibrahim Babangida, when the economy recorded consecutive decline of 0.51 per cent and 0.82 per cent in first and second quarters of 1987.
As at 2018, about 10.5 million of the country’s children aged 5-14 years were not in school. Only 61 percent of 6-11 year-olds regularly attend primary school and only 35.6 percent of children aged 36-59 months receive early childhood education (Unicef). This figures are expected to double up presently with due consideration to COVID-19 and recession.
A check around schools reveals that the population of pupils have dropped drastically as a result of some factors like:

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