Date of Conferral

2-21-2025

Degree

Ph.D.

School

Education

Advisor

Katherine Garlough

Abstract

The problem addressed in this study is that irrespective of active involvement of Nigeria in Universal Basic Education, the nation still records the highest number of out-of-school children globally. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine how geopolitical location, socio-economics of the household, parental education, role of the child, age of the child, and gender of the child predict the educational status of children in Nigeria. This study is grounded in conflict and social systems theories. The most recent national secondary data on education from the 2015 Nigerian Education Data Survey was used. Univariate, bivariate, and multivariate logistic regression was applied to model the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) predictors of educational status of children in Nigeria were geopolitical location, socio-economics of the household, age of the child, and parental education. Children in northern Nigeria as well as children from lower socio-economic households had 5.44 and 0.73 odds of never attending or dropping out of school respectively. However, children whose parents were educated as well as younger children had higher chances of being enrolled and retained in schools. The study findings emphasize the need to leverage knowledge of these predictors in developing programs tailored to improving educational outcome.

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