Abstract:
This paper viewed education as the fundamental right for every citizen. It agrees that education is
the most important instrument for human and national development. The paper argued that the
better the child stay in school, the greater his life chances and the more secure community. The
study was limited to Basic Educational Schools in Sokoto Metropolis. A total number of 300
teachers were randomly selected from Basic Educational Schools under sampling via simple
random sampling techniques to participate in the study. Two objectives were identified from which
two research questions were raised and answered. One instrument titled Out of School Children
and National Development Questionnaire (OSCNDQ) was used to collect the data. The data were
analyzed using simple statistical (percentage). The findings of the study revealed that out of school
children has negative influence on national development and state in particular. Therefore this
paper recommended that government and community should monitor the implementation of
educational policy i.e education for all.
