Racial Profiling
Tiffany Massey
October 7, 2014
English 1102
Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa is a very beautiful country it includes the Zuma Rock. And has a population of 173.6 million people. Within the population there are four different ethnic groups. These ethnic groups consist of Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Yoruba, and Ijaw. Nigeria’s education, economy, religion, government, and social life are key components that make the country distinctive. Education in Nigeria is fairly different; they have primary and secondary schooling. Secondary education starts at 12 to 17 years of age. The literacy rate in Nigeria is 61.3%. According to Nigeria’s literacy rates the males are more educated than the women. Nigeria’s dropout rates are fairly low ranging up to five percent. Their graduation rate is 65% at the secondary level. Primary education starts at the age of six to eleven years of age. A downfall to the Nigerian education system is lack of funding. They are not given enough money from the government to purchase books and other utilities. Most of their books and other equipment required for the school system are imported from abroad. The Nigerian curriculum is unstable due to the fact that they cannot buy their own books and teachers are hard to come by. Unlike the education system, the economy of Nigeria is evolving. Even though the economy is doing well, the money is not being used to better poor parts of the country. Nigeria is the 8th largest oil exporter in the world. The Gross Domestic Product in Nigeria is 522.6 billion dollars and it continues to rise. Even though the economy is doing well 60 percent of Nigeria’s population lives in extreme poverty. There are also chronic power shortages, which increase cost of doing business in Nigeria up to 40 percent. Nigeria consists of different religions, but the two most practiced religions include: Christianity and Islam. Christianity was brought over to Nigeria by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century. Since then, Catholic
October 7, 2014
English 1102
Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa is a very beautiful country it includes the Zuma Rock. And has a population of 173.6 million people. Within the population there are four different ethnic groups. These ethnic groups consist of Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, Yoruba, and Ijaw. Nigeria’s education, economy, religion, government, and social life are key components that make the country distinctive. Education in Nigeria is fairly different; they have primary and secondary schooling. Secondary education starts at 12 to 17 years of age. The literacy rate in Nigeria is 61.3%. According to Nigeria’s literacy rates the males are more educated than the women. Nigeria’s dropout rates are fairly low ranging up to five percent. Their graduation rate is 65% at the secondary level. Primary education starts at the age of six to eleven years of age. A downfall to the Nigerian education system is lack of funding. They are not given enough money from the government to purchase books and other utilities. Most of their books and other equipment required for the school system are imported from abroad. The Nigerian curriculum is unstable due to the fact that they cannot buy their own books and teachers are hard to come by. Unlike the education system, the economy of Nigeria is evolving. Even though the economy is doing well, the money is not being used to better poor parts of the country. Nigeria is the 8th largest oil exporter in the world. The Gross Domestic Product in Nigeria is 522.6 billion dollars and it continues to rise. Even though the economy is doing well 60 percent of Nigeria’s population lives in extreme poverty. There are also chronic power shortages, which increase cost of doing business in Nigeria up to 40 percent. Nigeria consists of different religions, but the two most practiced religions include: Christianity and Islam. Christianity was brought over to Nigeria by the Portuguese in the fifteenth century. Since then, Catholic