Pre-colonial & mission schools (pre-1900 — 1948)#
- [Earliest formal school — TBC] (CMS / Catholic / Methodist / SIM / SUM / Qadiriyya / Tijaniyya — *district & year TBC*).
- Notable early mission stations and Qur'anic / Islamiyya schools — *TBC*.
1948 — The Asquith Commission & first universities#
- Reach of the 1948 Asquith framework in this state (University College Ibadan 1948; ABU 1962; UNN 1960; Unilag 1962) — *which of its sons & daughters were in the first generation? TBC.*
1955–1976 — Free / Universal Primary Education#
- 1955 Western Region UPE (Awolowo) / 1957 Eastern Region UPE (Azikiwe) coverage in pre-state territory — *TBC.*
- 1976 Federal Universal Primary Education (UPE) rollout — enrolment surge, teacher shortages, *state-specific figures TBC.*
1999 — Universal Basic Education (UBE)#
- 1999 UBE Act + 2004 UBE (Compulsory) Act coverage — *state UBE Board year of operation, enrolment data TBC.*
State universities & tertiary institutions#
- [State-owned university — TBC] — *founding year, current vice-chancellor, accreditation status TBC.*
- [Federal university / polytechnic / college of education sited in the state — TBC] — *TBC.*
- [Private universities in the state — TBC] — *TBC.*
Notable secondary schools#
- [Oldest secondary school — TBC] (year, denomination, notable alumni — *TBC*).
- [Other historically significant secondaries — TBC].
Today's stats#
- Literacy rate (NBS / NDHS latest) — *TBC.*
- Out-of-school children (UBEC / UNICEF latest) — *TBC.*
- Tertiary enrolment & JAMB rankings — *TBC.*
Sources & further reading#
- NUC accreditation registers; NBTE polytechnic registers; NCCE colleges-of-education list.
- Fafunwa, *History of Education in Nigeria* (1974, rev. 2004).
- UBEC & NPC annual reports; UNICEF/NDHS state-level data.
*This page is a scaffold. Each row marked TBC is to be filled from the state Ministry of Education gazette, NUC/NBTE/NCCE registers, and Federal/UBEC enrolment data.*