Official Annual School Census dashboard for the 2024/25 school year.
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Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Education 2024 Annual School Census dashboard reports 39,881,798 learners, 1,187,031 teachers and 222,888 schools, with 124,146 schools reported in the census. Nigeria's current Ministry dashboard provides unusually large national administrative totals, but it also publishes a reporting-rate warning that must travel with those figures.
Nigeria education snapshot
Nigeria's current Ministry dashboard provides unusually large national administrative totals, but it also publishes a reporting-rate warning that must travel with those figures.
Learners
39,881,798
Teachers
1,187,031
Total schools
222,888
Schools reported
124,146
* Reference years and benchmark labels are shown with the figures.
How the education pathway works
The stage map gives simple school-level context without implying that the census has complete reporting from every listed school.
| Stage | When | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Primary education | Primary | Primary schools form the first major school level. |
| JSS | Junior secondary | Junior secondary follows primary education. |
| SSS | Senior secondary | Senior secondary follows JSS and includes general and technical options. |
| Technical and higher education | Post-secondary | Technical colleges and tertiary institutions provide routes beyond school. |
Key evidence
The learner and teacher counts come from the same dashboard, while 222,888 is the total school universe and 124,146 is the subset that reported.
| Indicator or rule | Value | Reference | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learners | 39,881,798 | 2024/25 dashboard | Annual School Census |
| Teachers | 1,187,031 | 2024/25 dashboard | Annual School Census |
| Total schools | 222,888 | 2024/25 dashboard | Public and private schools |
| Schools reported | 124,146 | 2024/25 dashboard | Reporting rate 55.7% |
* Reference years and benchmark labels are shown with the figures.
How to read the Nigeria evidence
The 55.7% reporting rate is material to interpretation, so the page keeps it visible instead of treating the dashboard as a fully complete census.
The page does not extrapolate from reporting schools to an adjusted national learner total.
Frequently asked questions
How many learners are shown on Nigeria's 2024 Annual School Census dashboard?
The Federal Ministry of Education dashboard shows 39,881,798 learners.
How many teachers are shown?
The dashboard reports 1,187,031 teachers.
How many schools are listed in total?
The dashboard lists 222,888 schools.
How many schools had reported to the census?
The dashboard shows 124,146 schools reported, a 55.7% reporting rate.
Sources and methodology
The Federal Ministry dashboard supports all four headline values; UNESCO-UNEVOC is supplementary context only.
Country-specific UIS education indicators for context.
Methodology: Nigeria dashboard figures are reproduced as published with the 55.7% reporting limitation visible; no completion adjustment is invented.