Employment in education sector grows by 6.97% in 3 years – report

This was contained in a recent report conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).According to the statistics, the employment growth rate covered only the formal education sector, which includes kindergarten/nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary education for the period. The report indicated that the total number of persons employed in the sector was 1,987,742 in […]

This was contained in a recent report conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
According to the statistics, the employment growth rate covered only the formal education sector, which includes kindergarten/nursery, primary, secondary and tertiary education for the period.
The report indicated that the total number of persons employed in the sector was 1,987,742 in 2010 and this figure increased by 3.90 percent in 2011, making the total number of employees 2,065,225.
The report further showed that by 2012, it had reached a total of 2,227,784 employees, showing an average growth rate of 6.97 percent within the three-year period.
The NBS stated that by this report, it was evident that “the education sector in Nigeria constitutes a significant part of the labour force.”
A further breakdown of the report showed that Nigerian females made up of 56.59 percent, 56.26 percent and 54.70 percent for 2010, 2011 and 2012 while their males counterpart shares stood at 0.75, 0.70 and 0.73 in 2010, 2011 and 2012.  
“The education sector witnessed significant changes within the period of 2010 to 2012 at which time student enrolment rose steadily, which invariably led to the demand for more employees in that sector and unavoidably a rise in expenditure on both compensations and intermediate inputs,” said the report.