<P> Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Ministry of Education . Local authorities take responsibility for implementing policy for state - controlled public education and state schools at a regional level . The education system is divided into Kindergarten, Primary education, Secondary education and Tertiary education . </P> <P> Primary education begins at around the age of 3 for the majority of Nigerians . Students spend six years in primary school and graduate with a school - leaving certificate . Subjects taught at the primary level include mathematics, English language, Christian Religious Knowledge, Islamic knowledge studies, science and one of the three main indigenous languages and cultures, Hausa - Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo . Private schools also offer computer science, French, and Fine Arts . Primary school students are required to take a Common Entrance Examination to qualify for admission into the Federal and State Government Secondary schools, as well as private ones . </P>

What are the various levels of education in nigeria
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