Nigeria - A Review of the Costs and Financing of Public Education : Volume 1. Executive Summary
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in 1999, the federal and state governments in Nigeria have embarked on a series of major educational reforms. These are intended to achieve universal basic education and improve the quality and relev...
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| Format: | Education Sector Review |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC
2012
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/03/9321978/nigeria-review-costs-financing-public-education-vol-1-2-executive-summary http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8000 |
| Summary: | Since the reintroduction of multiparty
democracy in 1999, the federal and state governments in
Nigeria have embarked on a series of major educational
reforms. These are intended to achieve universal basic
education and improve the quality and relevance of post
basic education. Faced with large rural-urban, gender, and
regional disparities in enrollment and generally poor
learning outcomes, the Federal Government of Nigeria
introduced the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Program in
1999, with the aim of providing nine years of free,
compulsory basic education comprised of six years of primary
and three years of junior secondary education to all
children in the country by 2015. The UBE law, which was
passed in 2004, sets out the key roles and responsibilities
of public agencies at all levels of government. Despite
significant efforts during the past eight years, much
remains to be done in the education sector, including
attainment of the education for all (EFA) and education
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The Federal Ministry of
Education (FME), along with all other major stakeholders,
recognizes that the education sector in Nigeria is in a
state of crisis and that nothing less than major renewal of
all systems and institutions is required. To this end, the
government launched a major education reform program in
2006, which stresses the importance of institutional reforms
to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service
delivery at all levels of education. The second volume of
this report addresses in depth the level and pattern of
public expenditure on education in Nigeria. The first two
chapters review objectives, methodology, data sources, and
limitations and provide an overview of the country and the
sector. The third chapter is on the costs and financing of
education, and Fourth chapter on efficiency, analyzed
available data on how public resources are allocated and
used within the education sector. The fourth chapter also
examines equity in public spending and household
expenditures on education. The fifth chapter provides a
conclusion and offers policy recommendations. |
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