You are being quite flippant since you made it clear to us that the illiteracy rate in the north is quite higher than that of the south. You also made us aware of the fluent Arabic language used as a medium of learning. So what has christian missionary society/schooling got to do with all these? If certain groups decide to use the Arabic language in Nigeria, must it stop with learning "Shariah" Law? Why not use that also to learn medicine, dentistry, biology, accounting and so on and so forth? Why must that stop with Islamic Religious Studies?

Your advocacy of this quota system does not appeal to me because, it has been implemented for years in Nigeria with dismal outcomes. The over all result is the degeneration of the quality of education not just in the southern parts of Nigeria, but all over Nigeria for the past 2 decades or more, only because some areas of Nigeria are 'slow' to embrace education. Ahmadu Bello was from Northern Nigeria and was most definitely educated. This is the 21st century.

Other countries do not use the English language, but have embraced education with open arms in whatever language they see fit. The Chinese, Indians and Hispanics come to mind. If some parts of Nigeria have opted not to accept western education, why don't they adopt the kind of education you would find in places of the Middle East like Saudi Arabia or the UAE if Arabic is the language of choice? They embraced education didn't they?