COVERAGE OF SCHOOL AGE POPULATION: THE CASE OF BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA A PRESENTATION BY THE FEDERAL TEAM AT THE WORKSHOP ON STRATEGIC CHOICES FOR EDUCATION REFORM IN NIGERIA ORGANISED BY THE WORLD BANK, SHERATON HOTEL,ABUJA, 20TH – 26TH JANUARY 2008

THE PROBLEM Variation in access to and participation in Basic Education among states WHY? Economic Socio-cultural Political - governance issues Weak Capacity Support docs CWIQ and NLSS 2005 School Census

WHY? High poverty level Perceived poor economic returns on education - boy drop out for trading/apprenticeship Early marriage of girl child concurrent delivery of education Fragmentation of roles/responsibilities - too many agencies/parastatals Ignorance/lack of awareness of the value of education

WHY? continued Inadequate number of schools/classrooms Perceived low quality of graduates Inadequate staff development programmes Irrelevant teaching methodologies Irrelevant curricular offerings Cultural obstacles to public education in some parts of the country - dress code, class organisation, gender bias among others

PLANNED IMPACT AND POSSIBLE RISKS Enhanced access to quality education through improved needs based resource allocation and a mix of context specific incentives Ensure minimum variation of coverage in basic education through targeted support to States and LGEAs with critical needs Improve quality of education service provision through provision of requisite teaching learning resources, continuous professional development of teachers, cluster resource sharing- Education resource centres and similar outfits Lack of political commitment at all levels of governance - high level advocacy and sensitization Poor management practices – weak accountability and transparency –encourage community and other stakeholder participation through adequate sensitization and empowerment Weak capacity-institutionalise continuous professional development of education personnel, provide adequate working facilities

IMPLEMENTATION: STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND ANALYSIS OF CAPACITY Stakeholders Federal 36 States and FCT 774 LGAs Community groups and individuals IDPs CSOs/NGOs FBOs/CBOs Capacities Policy and Standards Policy, standards, implementation implementation Support/Implementation Support- funding/technical

COSTS & FINANCING Cost implications of UBE: Estimated financial requirement: Estimated resources to be available: Funding Gap: Sources

INDICATORS FOR MONITORING AND EVALUATION Net and Gross Intake Rates Net and Gross enrolment Rates Attendance Rate