<P> Education in Nigeria is overseen by the Ministry of Education . Local authorities take responsibility for implementing state - controlled policy regarding public education and state schools . The education system is divided into Kindergarten, Primary education, Secondary education and Tertiary education . Nigeria's central government has been dominated by instability since declaring independence from Britain, and, as a result, a unified set of education policies has not yet been successfully implemented . Regional differences in quality, curriculum, and funding characterize the education system in Nigeria . Currently, Nigeria possesses the largest population of out - of - school youth in the world . </P> <P> Primary education begins at around age 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>

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