Useful sources about Africa

The UNESCO Institute for Statistics database provides information on compulsory education requirements in South Africa and official school ages by level of education.

UNESCO data on literacy in Nigeria's population aged 15 and older. It includes adult and youth literacy rates broken down by gender.

Education progress and completion rates, education expenditure and a summary of Nigeria's schooling system provided by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Basic education statistics in Nigeria including number of primary and junior secondary schools by state, number of teachers and school enrolment. Data is for the 2013/14 period.

Nigeria's policy document on special needs education including requirements for access, physical facilities, assessment of learners with special needs and financial provision. It was released by the Federal Ministry of Education in 2015.

The Nigerian budget office's website provides a depository of current and previous state budgets. The 2018 budget proposal and budget speech details the latest spending on education. Documents can be downloaded in PDF or Word format.

The Universal Basic Education Programme website contains data for download up to 2014, including early childhood facility enrolment rates and national quality assurance audit reports.

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provides comparative data on student learning in reading. It is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. It has assessed reading comprehension in over 60 countries since 2001.

UNICEF provides aggregated data on primary and secondary education including the out-of-school population of boys and girls for the years 2000 to 2015.