1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

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