Millennium Development Goals:
Implication for Yewa Youth
Empowerment.
Presented at Yewa Union Monthly Forum on
18th February 2012.
Biyi Otegbeye
Managing Director
Regency Alliance Insurance Plc.
MILLENNIUM DECLARATION
 In 2000, 189 nations made a promise to free people
from extreme poverty and multiple deprivations. This
pledge became the eight Millennium Development
Goals to be achieved by 2015.
EIGHT GOALS FOR 2015
1.
2.
ERADICATE
5. IMPROVE MATERNAL
EXTREME POVERTY
HEALTH
AND HUNGER
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL 6. COMBAT HIV/AIDS,
PRIMARY
MALARIA AND OTHER
EDUCATION
DISEASES
3
PROMOTE GENDER
EQUALITY AND
EMPOWER WOMEN
7. ENSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL
SUSTAINABILTY
4
REDUCE CHILD
MORTALITY
8
DEVELOP GLOBAL
PARTNERSHIP FOR
DEVELOPMENT
ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION
Target:
“Ensure that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and girls alike,
will be able to complete a full course of primary Education”
INDICATORS:
 Net Enrolment
 Pupil Starting Primary 1 / who reach Primary 5
 Primary Six Completion Rate
 Literacy Rate of 15 to 24 years old
EDUCATION, DEVELOPMENT AND EMPOWERMENT
(Established Views)
 ….education is a pre-condition for the emancipation of the
individuals from ignorance, poverty and human slavery and for
economic empowerment. Lynch (1997).
 education is an instrument for changing traditional attitudes,
beliefs and practices that are inimical to human and rational
development.Fagerlind and Saha (1989).
 Browne and Barret (1991) and Hoeck (1997) found that “ basic
education significantly correlate with improved living standard,
reduced infertility, reduced maternal and child mortality, reduced
early marriage, which is common in developing countries and
improved hygienic and nutritional awareness and practice “
 Many studies have constantly shown that acquisition of
education have varying poverty reducing potentials.
According to Colclough, (2009),” education helps people
to become more productive, have higher earnings and
avoid poverty“
 Psacharopoulos and Patrinos (2004) found a strong
correlation between progressions in educational levels and
wage returns. The study showed that internationally, one
additional year of education adds approximately 10% to a
person’s wage at the mean of the distribution.
MAP OF OGUN STATE
POPULATION/LAND AREA TABLE
FOR YEWA LAND
POPULATION
183,844
168,336
%
4.90%
4.50%
LAND AREA
2087km
629km
%
1.50%
0.45%
82,952
2.21%
1655km
1.19%
IPOKIA
150,387
4.01%
629km
0.45%
*ADO ODO-OTA
131,810
3.51%
219km
0.16%
*ABEOKUTA NORTH
49,598
1.32%
202km
0.14%
766,927
20.45%
5421km
3.89%
YEWA NOTH
YEWA SOUTH
IMEKO/AFON
NOTE:
Ogun-State Population
Ogun State Land Area
3,751,143
139,516km
* 25% of the following Local Government areas are assumed to be part of Yewaland
Abeouka North
198,393 808km
Ado odo-Ota
527,242 878km
TABLE 1: NUMBER OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS (PUBLIC & PRIVATE) IN OGUN STATE
2010 - 2011 ACADEMIC SESSION
S/N
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
APPROVED
PRIVATE
PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
PUBLIC PRIMARY TOTAL PRIMARY
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS
% PER LG
1
* ABEOKUTA NORTH
51
81
132
4.22
2
ABEOKUTA SOUTH
153
49
202
6.45
261
112
373
11.92
3
* ADO-ODO, OTA
4
EWEKORO
18
57
75
2.40
5
IFO
309
95
404
12.91
6
IJEBU EAST
25
64
89
2.84
7
67
102
169
5.40
8
IJEBU NORTH
IJEBU NORTH
EAST
20
33
53
1.69
9
IJEBU ODE
74
39
113
3.61
10
IKENNE
66
22
88
2.81
11
* IMEKO AFON
10
57
67
2.14
12
* IPOKIA
40
88
128
4.09
13
OBAFEMI OWODE
97
161
258
8.24
14
ODEDA
104
106
210
6.71
15
ODOGBOLU
49
53
102
3.26
16
OGUN WATERSIDE
9
60
69
2.20
17
REMO NORTH
10
21
31
0.99
18
SAGAMU
218
55
273
8.72
19
* YEWA NORTH
40
109
149
4.76
20
*
73
72
145
4.63
1694
1436
3130
100.00
YEWA SOUTH
NOTE: The Data disregards non approved private schools
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
TABLE 2: NUMBER OF PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE 20112012 ACADEMIC SESSION
S/N
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
JSS
SSS
COMBINED
PUBLIC SEC.
SCHL
% PER LG
TOTAL
1
ABEOKUTA
* NORTH
9
9
8
26
5.49
2
ABEOKUTA
SOUTH
19
19
1
39
8.23
3
* ADO-ODO, OTA
18
18
11
47
9.92
4
EWEKORO
3
3
5
11
2.32
5
IFO
9
9
9
27
5.70
6
IJEBU EAST
5
4
9
18
3.80
7
IJEBU NORTH
16
16
3
35
7.38
8
IJEBU NORTH
EAST
4
4
5
13
2.74
9
IJEBU ODE
11
11
3
25
5.27
10
IKENNE
7
7
4
18
3.80
11
* IMEKO AFON
5
5
7
17
3.59
12
* IPOKIA
9
9
4
22
4.64
13
OBAFEMI
OWODE
8
7
7
22
4.64
14
ODEDA
6
6
5
17
3.59
15
8
8
9
25
5.27
16
ODOGBOLU
OGUN
WATERSIDE
6
6
7
19
4.01
17
REMO NORTH
1
1
6
8
1.69
18
SAGAMU
9
9
9
27
5.70
19
* YEWA NORTH
10
10
11
31
6.54
20
* YEWA SOUTH
11
11
5
27
5.70
174
172
128
474
100.00
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
TABLE 3: NUMBER OF PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE
2011 - 2012 ACADEMIC SESSION
S/N
LOCAL GOVERNEMNT
TOTAL
PRIVATE SCHOOL
1
* ABEOKUTA NORTH
13
2
ABEOKUTA SOUTH
32
3
* ADO-ODO, OTA
96
4
EWEKORO
3
5
IFO
6
IJEBU EAST
4
7
IJEBU NORTH
10
8
IJEBU NORTH EAST
3
9
IJEBU ODE
19
10
IKENNE
12
113
11
* IMEKO AFON
2
12
* IPOKIA
8
13
OBAFEMI OWODE
38
14
ODEDA
9
15
ODOGBOLU
6
16
OGUN WATERSIDE
5
17
REMO NORTH
6
18
SAGAMU
42
19
20
* YEWA NORTH
* YEWA SOUTH
3
10
434
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
TABLE 4: NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS (PUBLIC & PRIVATE) IN
OGUN STATE 2011 - 2012
S/N
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
PUBLIC SEC.
SCHOOL
PRIVATE SEC.
SCHOOL
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
% PER LG
1
* ABEOKUTA NORTH
26
13
39
4.30
2
ABEOKUTA SOUTH
39
32
71
7.82
47
96
143
15.75
3
* ADO-ODO, OTA
4
EWEKORO
11
3
14
1.54
5
IFO
27
113
140
15.42
6
IJEBU EAST
18
4
22
2.42
7
IJEBU NORTH
35
10
45
4.96
8
IJEBU NORTH
EAST
13
3
16
1.76
9
IJEBU ODE
25
19
44
4.85
10
IKENNE
18
12
30
3.30
11
* IMEKO AFON
17
2
19
2.09
12
* IPOKIA
22
8
30
3.30
13
OBAFEMI OWODE
22
38
60
6.61
14
ODEDA
17
9
26
2.86
15
ODOGBOLU
25
6
31
3.41
16
OGUN WATERSIDE
19
5
24
2.64
17
REMO NORTH
8
6
14
1.54
18
SAGAMU
27
42
69
7.60
19
*
YEWA NORTH
31
3
34
3.74
20
*
YEWA SOUTH
27
10
37
4.07
474
434
908
100.00
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
TABLE 5: ENROLMENT OF PUPILS IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS 2010 - 2011
S/N
PRIMARY PRIMARY
PRIMARY
PRIMARY I PRIMARY II
III
IV
PRIMARY V
VI
3
LOCAL
GOVERNM
ENT
ABEOKUTA
* NORTH
ABEOKUTA
SOUTH
ADO-ODO,
* OTA
4
EWEKORO
3,082
2895
2768
2712
2423
2067
15,947
5
IFO
4,882
5118
5370
5518
5376
5014
31,278
6
2,695
2582
2531
12477
2377
2148
24,810
4,108
3984
3931
3825
3672
3178
22,698
8
IJEBU EAST
IJEBU
NORTH
IJEBU
NORTH
EAST
790
754
788
750
724
611
4,417
9
IJEBU ODE
3,694
3599
3783
3831
3770
3761
22,438
10
IKENNE
1,063
1022
1168
1162
1116
1054
6,585
1
2
7
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
3,515
3,415
3,506
3,412
3,510
3776
3896
4157
7,425
7245
7190
TOTAL
3,273
TOTAL
TOTAL
ENROLME
NT
2,857
19,978
3964
3498
22,801
7361
237
7229
36,687
11
IMEKO
* AFON
5,007
4557
4202
3789
3489
3002
24,046
6,273
5201
4736
4289
4064
3375
27,938
13
* IPOKIA
OBAFEMI
OWODE
4,807
3807
3716
3609
3176
2806
21,921
14
ODEDA
4,614
3738
3623
3733
3463
2616
21,787
15
ODOGBOLU
1956
2076
1947
1936
1706
11,671
16
OGUN
WATERSIDE
3,920
3936
3701
3335
3208
3166
21,266
17
REMO
NORTH
909
980
899
949
1009
735
5,481
18
SAGAMU
1,989
2251
2390
2453
2538
2413
14,034
19
*
YEWA
NORTH
8,036
6693
6127
5760
5395
4733
36,744
20
* SOUTH
3,069
3002
3042
2968
2706
1426
16,213
71,923
67,096
65,937
68,037
61,037
55,638
12
2,050
YEWA
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
408,740
TABLE 6: ENROLMENT OF PUPILS IN PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN
OGUN STATE 2010 - 2011
S/N
LOCAL
PRIMARY 1 PRIMARY 2 PRIMARY 3 PRIMARY 4 PRIMARY 5 PRIMARY 6 TOTAL
% PER LG
GOVERNM
ENROLME
ENT
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
NT
1
ABEOKUTA
* NORTH
2402
1384
1290
1289
1111
596
7095
5.16
2
ABEOKUTA
SOUTH
3651
3429
4891
3412
2489
1674
20009
14.57
3
ADO-ODO,
* OTA
3197
3041
2958
3002
2571
2079
16848
12.26
4
EWEKORO
281
282
273
220
214
33
1341
0.98
5
IFO
5664
6318
6476
6277
6145
4636
35516
25.85
6
340
342
307
277
233
149
1699
1.24
7
IJEBU EAST
IJEBU
NORTH
455
453
432
356
273
11
1980
1.44
8
IJEBU
NORTH
EAST
178
158
158
154
105
53
825
0.60
9
IJEBU ODE
1001
951
917
832
745
123
4575
3.33
10
IKENNE
539
432
427
412
326
141
2246
1.64
11
12
13
IMEKO
* AFON
285
286
302
253
233
222
1598
1.16
837
812
690
653
510
216
4023
2.93
1604
1608
1634
1600
1485
910
8758
6.38
ODEDA
ODOGBOL
U
OGUN
WATERSID
E
REMO
NORTH
969
1304
878
834
577
718
4511
3.28
612
598
633
806
540
221
3216
2.34
161
143
133
104
89
36
872
0.63
337
296
282
245
250
119
1537
1.12
SAGAMU
YEWA
NORTH
YEWA
SOUTH
2260
2390
2261
2193
2115
1628
12867
9.37
483
444
400
391
394
247
2358
1.72
1844
1018
1010
930
859
714
5496
4.00
27,100
25,689
26,352
24,240
21,264
14,526
137,370
100.00
* IPOKIA
OBAFEMI
OWODE
14
15
16
17
18
19
*
20
*
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
TABLE 7: ENROLMENT OF PUPILS IN (PRIVATE & PUBLIC) PRIMARY
SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE 2010 - 2011
S/N
LOCAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
GOVERNMENT
ENROLMENT IN
ENROLMENT IN
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PUBLIC PRIMARY
PRIVATE PRIMARY
ENROLMENT
SCHOOLS
SCHOOLS
1
* ABEOKUTA NORTH
19,978
7,095
27,073
2
ABEOKUTA SOUTH
22,801
20,009
42,810
36,687
16,848
60,535
3
* ADO-ODO, OTA
4
EWEKORO
15,947
1,341
17,288
5
IFO
31,278
35,516
66,794
6
IJEBU EAST
24,810
1,699
16,790
7
IJEBU NORTH
22,698
1,980
23,523
8
IJEBU NORTH EAST
4,417
825
8,992
9
IJEBU ODE
22,438
4,575
24,684
10
IKENNE
6,585
2,246
8,183
11
* IMEKO AFON
24,046
1,598
28,069
12
* IPOKIA
27,938
4,023
36,696
13
OBAFEMI OWODE
21,921
8,758
26,432
14
ODEDA
21,787
4,511
24,943
15
ODOGBOLU
11,671
3,216
12,343
16
OGUN WATERSIDE
21,266
872
22,902
17
REMO NORTH
5,481
1,537
18,347
18
SAGAMU
14,034
12,867
16,392
19
*
YEWA NORTH
36,744
2,358
42,240
20
*
YEWA SOUTH
16,213
5,496
19,012
137,370
546,110
408,740
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
TABLE 8: ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS
2010 - 2011
S/N
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
JSS1
TOTAL
JSS2
TOTAL
JSS3
TOTAL
SS1
TOTAL
SS2
TOTAL
SS3
TOTAL
TOTAL
JSS1 SSS111
% PER LG
ABEOKUTA
1 * NORTH
4,819
3,861
3,569
4,108
3,252
2,473 22,082
6.37
ABEOKUTA
SOUTH
8,157
7,335
6,130
7,269
6,237
4,317 39,445
11.38
12,488
10,882
9,513
10,027
9,145
6,549 58,604
16.91
2
3 * ADO-ODO, OTA
4
EWEKORO
1,463
1,179
981
1,379
1,221
1,132 7,355
2.12
5
IFO
6,502
4,946
5,005
5,647
5,012
3,438 30,550
8.82
6
IJEBU EAST
1,618
1,275
1,168
1,018
954
905 6,938
2.00
7
IJEBU NORTH
3,264
3,048
2,645
2,524
2,490
2,084 16,055
4.63
8
IJEBU NORTH
EAST
666
742
648
680
691
681 4,108
1.19
9
IJEBU ODE
4,558
4,043
3,881
4,636
3,422
2,097 22,637
6.53
10
IKENNE
2,483
1,917
1,892
2,464
1,713
1,505 11,974
3.46
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
IMEKO
* AFON
1,675
1,224
1,107
1,050
961
1,011
7,028
2.03
* IPOKIA 3,546
OBAFEMI
OWODE 2,976
2,424
2,295
2,684
2,675
2,820
16,444
4.75
2,446
2,275
2,418
2,067
1,796
13,978
4.03
ODEDA 2,475
ODOGBO
LU
1,949
OGUN
WATERSI
DE
1,038
REMO
NORTH 616
1,806
1,701
1,670
1,740
1,497
10,889
3.14
1,788
1,593
1,286
1,509
1,384
9,509
2.74
1,020
1,133
980
1,111
1,070
6,352
1.83
579
509
508
478
452
3,142
0.91
SAGAMU 5,431
YEWA
* NORTH 3,059
YEWA
* SOUTH 4,293
4,375
5,236
4,043
3,596
2,616
25,297
7.30
2,825
2,594
2,286
2,104
1,940
14,808
4.27
3,437
3,037
3,133
2,804
2,577
19,281
5.56
73,076
61,152
56,912
59,810
53,182 42,344
346,476
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
100.00
TABLE 9: ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS FOR PRIVATE SECONDARY
SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE 2010 - 2011
S/N
1
*
2
3
*
LOCAL
GOVERNME
NT
ABEOKUTA
NORTH
ABEOKUTA
SOUTH
ADO-ODO,
OTA
JSSI
JSSII
JSSIII
SSSI
SSSII
SSSIII
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
TOTAL
JSS1 SSS111
% PER LG
666
513
400
484
399
366 2,828
2.93
1062
1085
994
1021
977
939 6,078
6.29
2960
3908
3656
2741
2553
2646 18,464
19.10
65
50
50
19
32
42 258
0.27
3672
6507
6773
7282
5932
5611 35,777
37.02
4
EWEKORO
5
IFO
6
209
189
188
147
177
160 1,070
1.11
265
245
233
225
227
168 1,363
1.41
8
IJEBU EAST
IJEBU
NORTH
IJEBU
NORTH EAST
33
40
44
23
27
16 183
0.19
9
IJEBU ODE
738
612
4330
817
723
528 7,748
8.02
10
713
703
415
723
626
295 3,475
3.60
11
*
IKENNE
IMEKO
AFON
105
86
84
69
63
36 443
0.46
12
* IPOKIA
243
198
233
202
205
159 1,240
1.28
7
13
OBAFEMI
OWODE
14
ODEDA
15
1439
1540
1547
689
657
637 6,509
6.73
416
397
398
402
304
263 2,180
2.26
ODOGBOLU
51
70
60
44
59
51 335
0.35
16
OGUN
WATERSIDE
72
110
101
49
85
153 570
0.59
17
REMO
NORTH
120
134
131
111
127
114 737
0.76
18
SAGAMU
853
645
886
879
979
1358 5,600
5.79
19
YEWA
* NORTH
43
33
31
20
YEWA
* SOUTH
290
275
308
231
282
14015
17340
20862
16161
14434
3 NIL
6 116
0.12
289 1,675
1.73
13837 96,649
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
100.00
TABLE 10: ENROLMENT OF STUDENTS IN (PUBLIC & PRIVATE) SECONDARY
SCHOOLS IN OGUN STATE 2010 - 2011
S/N
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
TOTAL
ENROLMENT
TOTAL
ENROLMENT
% PER LG
TOTAL
SECONDARY
SCHOOLS
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS ENROLMENT
1
* ABEOKUTA NORTH
22,082
2,828
24,910
5.61
2
ABEOKUTA SOUTH
39,445
6,078
45,523
10.18
58,604
18,464
77,068
17.67
7,355
258
7,613
1.70
30,550
35,777
66,327
15.15
6,938
1,070
8,008
1.79
16,055
1,363
17,418
3.90
4,108
183
4,291
0.96
3
* ADO-ODO, OTA
4
EWEKORO
5
IFO
6
IJEBU EAST
7
IJEBU NORTH
8
IJEBU NORTH EAST
9
IJEBU ODE
22,637
7,748
30,385
6.80
10
IKENNE
11,974
3,475
15,449
3.45
7,028
443
7,471
1.67
1,240
17,684
3.96
20,487
4.59
11
*
IMEKO AFON
12
*
IPOKIA
16,444
OBAFEMI OWODE
13,978
13
6,509
10,889
2,180
13,069
2.93
ODOGBOLU
9,509
335
9,844
2.20
16
OGUN WATERSIDE
6,352
570
6,922
1.55
17
REMO NORTH
3,142
737
3,879
0.87
18
SAGAMU
25,297
5,600
30,897
6.97
14
ODEDA
15
19
* YEWA NORTH
14,808
116
14,924
3.34
20
* YEWA SOUTH
19,281
1,675
20,956
4.69
443,125
100.00
346,476
96,646
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
TABLE 11: ENROLMENT OF PUPILS IN PRIVATE NURSERY SCHOOLS IN OGUN
STATE 2010 - 2011
S/N
LOCAL
PRE NURSERY
NURSERY
TOTAL
GOVERNMENT
TOTAL
TOTAL
ENROLMENT
1
* ABEOKUTA NORTH
3,389
5,689
9,028
2
ABEOKUTA SOUTH
4,827
7,977
12,600
ADO-ODO, OTA
5,633
6,364
11,997
471
612
1,080
12,944
15,999
28,943
3
*
4
EWEKORO
5
IFO
6
IJEBU EAST
533
828
1,361
7
IJEBU NORTH
710
1,231
1,941
8
IJEBU NORTH EAST
400
424
826
9
IJEBU ODE
1,934
2,048
3,781
10
IKENNE
769
1,035
1,800
11
* IMEKO AFON
12
* IPOKIA
467
618
1,085
1,432
2,052
3,516
2,135
3,358
5,512
13
OBAFEMI OWODE
14
ODEDA
854
1,768
2,627
15
ODOGBOLU
900
1,063
1,965
16
OGUN WATERSIDE
159
270
429
17
REMO NORTH
362
664
1,029
18
SAGAMU
2,910
4,296
7,232
YEWA NORTH
572
1,498
2,070
YEWA SOUTH
1,470
2,363
3,850
19
20
*
*
42,871
60,157
102,672
Source:
Statistic Department, Ogun State, Ministry of Science and Technology
OGUN STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT POPULATION BY 5-YEAR
AGE GROUP (AGES 0 – 19)
S/N
LOCAL
AGES
AGES
AGES
AGES
0-4
5-9
10 - 14.
15- 19
2
GOVERNMENT
ABEOKUTA
* NORTH
ABEOKUTA
SOUTH
3
* ADO-ODO, OTA
78,296
68,833
57,834
48,238
4
*
*
YEWA NORTH
27,155
26,121
20,940
18,307
YEWA SOUTH
25,992
22,488
18,418
16,302
8,016
7,046
5,702
5,045
1
5
28,978
25,183
21,741
19,327
35,453
30,420
27,560
25,230
6
EWEKORO
7
IFO
81,667
68,351
55,484
48,904
8
IJEBU EAST
15,214
13,872
12,284
10,398
9
33,083
33,861
30,382
31,262
10
IJEBU NORTH
IJEBU NORTH
EAST
8,584
8,429
7,597
7,217
11
IJEBU ODE
21,346
18,704
16,821
15,577
12
IKENNE
14,209
14,781
14,207
14,770
11,453
119,44
10,043
8,854
13
* IMEKO AFON
14
* IPOKIA
20,808
20,407
17,328
15,764
15
OBAFEMI OWODE
32,851
29,752
25,401
21,293
16
ODEDA
15,478
14,707
12,286
10,261
17
ODOGBOLU
15,520
15,749
15,199
14,315
18
OGUN WATERSIDE
9,427
9,845
9,063
8,481
19
REMO NORTH
7,338
7,942
6,858
6,555
20
SAGAMU
37,029
32,350
27,905
24,442
OGUN-STATE POPULATION BY 5-YEAR AGE GROUP (AGES 0 – 19)
OGUN STATE
AGES
AGES
AGES
AGES
0-4
5-9
10 - 14.
15- 19
480,785
413,053
370,542
527,897
Source:
National Population Commission 2006 Population and housing Census.
7 FACTS FROM THE DATA
FACT 1
 There are 374 Public Primary Schools in Yewa
representing 26% of Public Primary Schools in Ogun
State (1436).
 Population of eligible primary school students (Ages 6
– 11) in Yewa is approximately 169,432, while the total
state population of Ages 6-11 is approximately 699,674.
This represents 24.22%.
 We can safely conclude that Yewa has a fair share of
public primary schools in Ogun State.
*Assumption: 30% increase in population between 2006 to date
FACT 2
 The total number of approved private primary schools
in Yewa is 241 out of Ogun State’s total of 1694.
 This represents 14.23%.
 Relative to population figure, (See Fact 1)Yewa needs
to establish more private primary schools.
FACT 3
 Total number of public secondary schools in Yewa is
115 out of Ogun State’s total of 474.
 Representing 24.26%.
 Population of eligible secondary school students in
Yewa (Ages 12-18) is approximately 162,741, while Ogun
State figure is 722,974. This represents 22.51%.
 We can safely conclude that Yewa has a fair share of
public secondary schools in Ogun State.
FACT 4
 There are 434 approved private secondary schools in Ogun
State.
 Yewa has a total of 50 representing 11.52%.
 With the population of eligible students in Yewa relative to
the entire state i.e 22.51% (Fact 3), the number of private
secondary schools in Yewa is rather small.
 Quality Education can only be achieved by encouraging
investments in private secondary schools.
FACT 5
 Total enrolment into primary school at Yewa is 147,919
out of eligible primary School student (Ages 6-11) of
approximately 169,432.
 This represent 87.30%.
 This is good report which shows that the MDG is
attainable in Yewaland.
FACT 6
 Total enrolment into secondary school at Yewa (Public
& Private)is 86,549 out of the eligible secondary school
student (Ages 12-18)of approximately 162.741.
 This represents about 53.18%.
 This shows that dropout rate after primary school is
significantly high and over almost 46% of eligible
secondary school students are out of school.
FACT 7
 Except Ado Odo/Ota which cannot be wholly
classified as Yewaland, there is no privately owned
University or Polytechnic in Yewa.
WHERE ARE THE DROP-OUTS?
RIDING OKADA
HAWKING
SMUGGING (FAYAWO)
WORKING ON FARMS
SIMPLY WASTING AWAY
OTHER CHALLENGES
 Infrastructural Decay
 Lack of Teaching/Learning Materials
 Overstretched Teaching Capacity
 Poor Education Quality
 Frequent Disruption to Academic Progress
 Lack of Training for teaching staff
 Poor motivation for teaching staff
 Politically induced Educational Disparity
WAY FORWARD – (My view)
1. Private initiative to get all eligible students back to
class.
This can be achieved through: Sustained public enlightenment campaign
 Development of existing school infrastructures
 Encouraging the establishment of private institutions.
2. Private initiatives to combat drop-out rates through:
 Scholarship initiatives for educationally gifted.
 Privately funded education counseling units in select
schools.
3. A case for privately funded Yewa model schools.
4. Mobilising Ogun State government to sustain
fundings for Yewa schools.
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Thank you