Cross country Synthesis of Out of School Mapping Studies across Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria

Despite ongoing efforts by governments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) toward promoting equitable, access to quality education for all children, the out-of-school phenomenon remains pervasive among children in SSA. Currently, more than one-third of the world’s 258.4 million out-of-school children (nearly 98 million children) live in sub- Saharan Africa, with majority (53%) of them being girls (UIS, 2019). One out of five children between the ages of 6 and 11 in SSA are currently out of school.