OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN NIGERIA: MAKING EXTANT LEGISLATIONS COUNT

Abstract

Children being in-school instead of out-of-school is important to Nigeria because studies seem to suggest that there is a relationship between education and national development. There are several models put forward to explain the relationship between education and national development. One of the models is the Linear model theory. Within this Model there are three groups of social scientists namely the structural fundamentalist, human capitalist theories and the modernization theorist4 The human capitalist theory and to a certain extent modernist theory constitutes the framework for building cases to show that education enhances national development5 Thus an educated populace is likely to lead an increase GDP. A slight increase in the percentage of the educated will likely result in a slight increase in GDP.