Abdulwahab, R. and Ajao, I. S.2024-05-032024-05-032020https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13521This study examined the strategies at minimizing out of school children in Ilorin metropolis. One (1) research question guided this study. To achieve this, the descriptive survey research design was adopted which focused on Ilorin, comprises of three (3) local government namely; Ilorin East, Ilorin West and Ilorin South while it adopted proforma as an instrument for data collection. The proforma covers a statistical book titled; “Annual school census report by Kwara State Ministry of Education and State ministry of education and human capital development 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 Edition. The finding revealed that the rate of dropout among children in Public and Private schools in the three local governments' area in Ilorin metropolis was 31.9%.. To this end, the researchers recommends among others that, The UBE ACTS and other related matters of 2004 should sanction erring parents that prevent children from going to school especially through unscrupulous activities related to street hawking, child labour and all sorts of child molestationen-USStrategiesMinimizing and out of School ChildrenArticle