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Nigeria's government recently acknowledged for the first time that the country has the highest number of children out of school in the world. It says there are 10.5 million children not being educated. Education officials have blamed cultural factors, nomadic communities and the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency; but critics point to a lack of funding. In this episode - Adejuwon Soyinka from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Pidgin and Mohammed Kabir Mohammed from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Hausa explain why teaching is a big issue. Teachers are often untrained, unpaid and overstretched. In Kaduna state, some areas reportedly have one teacher for every 100 pupils. The country's education ministry says it is committed to providing an ''inclusive and functional education system''. (Photo: Vice Principal speaks to students during assembly at a community secondary school in Ogun State, Nigeria, 2012. Credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty Images)