Improving Access to Education for People with Disability in Nigeria
Working Paper
About seven million children with disabilities are out of school in Nigeria, constituting over 50% of total out-of-school children. Providing education access for these children is challenging despite the enactment of the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act in 2019. The experiences of the USA, Kenya and South Africa show that while a legal framework is important, it is insufficient to achieve the desired goals; there is need for improved infrastructure and capacity building to achieve education access for children with disabilities. The government needs to back up the enactment of the Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act with increase in budgetary allocation, manpower development, and infrastructure upgrades.