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Nigeria has the largest number of children in the world who are not being educated, the government has said.<\/p>\n

Acknowledging the scale of the problem the education ministry\u2019s permanent secretary Adamu Hussaini said it was \u201csad to note\u201d that Nigeria had 10.5 million children out of school.<\/p>\n

This is the first time senior officials have admitted the size of the problem.<\/p>\n

Cultural factors have been blamed but critics point to a lack of money going to publicly funded schools.<\/p>\n

The UN\u2019s children\u2019s agency, Unicef, has been campaigning on this issue as well as a number of other groups.<\/p>\n

On a visit to the country last week, education activist Malala Yousafzai met acting president Yemi Osinbajo and asked him to declare what she called \u201can education state of emergency in Nigeria\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"NobelCampaigner Malala Yousafzai visited Nigeria last week<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Hussaini said those most affected were girls, street children and the children of nomadic groups and added that economic prosperity can only be achieved with an \u201cinclusive and functional education system\u201d.<\/p>\n

But BBC Hausa editor Jimeh Saleh says the failure in the education system is due to a lack of government funding, rather than any cultural factors as suggested by the ministry.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment funded schools in Nigeria have practically collapsed over the years because of poor funding leaving children from poor homes with nowhere to go but the streets,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Unicef estimates that 60% of Nigerian children not attending school live in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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