#MP2013 Presentation of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)
1. MID-TERM ACTIVITIES AND
ACHIEVEMENTS OF UBE
COMMISSION 2011-2013
At the
2013 MINISTERIAL PLATFORM ON THE
MID-TERM ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT
GOODLUCK JONATHAN’S ADMINISTRATION
by
Prof. Charles O. Onocha
Ag. Executive Secretary
Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC)
www.ubeconline.com; ubecnigeria@yahoo.com
2. INTRODUCTION
• The Universal Basic Education Commission was
established in 2004 following the enactment of
UBE Act, 2004 to rectify distortions in basic
education delivery (Primary and Junior Secondary
Schools).
• For Sustainability, the Act provides for 2% block
grant from the Federal Governments’
Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).
• The Commission is also funded through
contributions in form of Federal Guaranteed
Credits as well as International and Local donor
grants.
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3. Introduction (Contd)
• As provided in the Act, the Federal
Government provides support grant to States
for the implementation of the UBE
Programme.
• In disbursing these funds, the Commission is
guided by the Federal Executive Council’s
approved formula as required by section 9(b)
of the Act.
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4. FUNDING
DISBURSEMENT FORMULA
The current Disbursement Formula in use is as follows:
• Infrastructure/facilities provision as Matching Grants - 50%
• Educational Imbalance - 14%
• Special Needs Education - 2%
• Grants for Good Performance - 5%
• Provision of Instructional Materials - 15%
• Teacher Professional Development - 10%
• UBE Programme Monitoring - 2%
• UBE Implementation - 2%
• Total = 100%
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5. • The Commission has so far received the sum
of N73,324,490,448.09 from the Federal
Government as Intervention Funds from
May, 2011 to May, 2013.
• From this amount, the sum of
N61,825,011,165.81 representing 85% was
disbursed to all States and FCT as shown in
the following break-down:
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MATCHING GRANT DISBURSEMENT FROM MAY, 2011 – MAY 2013
6. Summary of UBE Matching Grants Releases and Disbursement to
States from May, 2011-May, 2013
YEAR RELEASES DISBURSEMENT UN-ACCESSED
May, 2011-
May, 2013
73,324,490,448.09 61,825,011,165.81
(85%)
11,499,479,282.28
(15%)
Summary of Matching Grants Disbursement
Year May - December
2011
January -
December 2012
January - May
2013
Total 26,114,451,684.87 19,966,007,663.52 15,744,551,817.42
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15. EQUITY
• * 50 out of the 89 schools have been completed. The
process of official commissioning and handing over to
States has commenced.
• 601 Classrooms constructed.
• The Almajiri Education textbooks produced by the former
Education Trust Fund (ETF) now Tertiary Education Trust
Fund (TETFund) had been adapted and the production of
the Texts is on-going.
• Teachers’ Guides for Almajiri Education Textbooks have
been developed and the process of publishing the texts has
commenced.
* This number excludes those executed through TETFund.
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ALMAJIRI EDUCATION PROGRAMME
16. • All the completed schools have been furnished with the
following:
– 1,210 Mats
– 332 Teachers’ Tables and Chairs
– 763 Single Chairs
– 140 Pupils’ Tables
– 285 Filling Cabinets
– 50 Generators
– 42 Shelves
– 285 Desktop Computers & Accessories
– 1,015 Workshops, Labs and Dinning Halls Tables
– 70 Library Tables
– 49 Science Kits
– 285 Wall Clocks
– 7 TV Sets
– 7 Refrigerators.
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24. CONSTRUCTION OF 13 JUNIOR GIRLS’ MODEL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
• 4 completed and awaiting handing over
to States,
– 17 Classrooms
– 8 Laboratories.
• Furniture items for classrooms,
laboratories, libraries, ICT centres, Admin
block and Student Hostels have been
procured.
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29. BOY-CHILD EDUCATION
• The Boy-Child Education programme is designed
to address the issues of out of school children in
the south-south and south-east geo political
zones.
• An 18 member Committee was inaugurated by
the Hon. Minister of State for Education in
December 2012 to implement the Programme.
• So far several meetings had been organized and
in the process 4 Sub-Committees have been set
up to assist the main Committee in running the
programme.
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30. • The boy-child education programme just like
other interventions is targeted at educating
the boy-child in form of establishing special
vocational schools in the affected states to
expose the out-of-school children to basic
education and explore their talents in various
fields of trades.
BOY-CHILD EDUCATION (Contd)
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31. A needs assessment survey has commenced in the
South-South and South-East geo-political zones with the
aim of:
– Holding stakeholders meeting in each Senatorial district to
sensitize and solicit stakeholders commitment for the
programme
– Determining the location and spread of target population
(Out-of-School children for the integration)
– Collating information on possible causes as well as factors
that encourage the Out-of-School phenomenon in each
state
BOY-CHILD EDUCATION (Contd)
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– Drawing up a list of core vocational activities that
are peculiar to each state and which could form the
core of subject offerings in the vocational school to
be established in each state
– Confirming the availability of any possible
interventions in each state and how such can
complement the proposed UBE Special Vocational
schools.
BOY-CHILD EDUCATION (Contd)
33. In line with similar interventions for addressing
challenges associated with other hard-to-reach group
(Girl-Child and Almajiri) in Basic Education delivery, the
Committee has identified strategies of implementing
the process and successfully achieved the following;
• Development of Operational Framework for
implementing the intervention
• FG has awarded contracts for the construction of
Vocational Skills Centres for basic education in the
South-South and South-East States.
BOY-CHILD EDUCATION (Contd)
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34. SPECIAL EDUCATION
• The sum of N794,316,373.00 was expended
on 108 Public Special Education Schools/Units
in 2011 while the sum of N521,880,432.00 has
so far been expended on 71 Public Special
Schools/Units in 2012.
• In addition, the sum of N383,000,000.00 was
disbursed to 84 Private Providers in 2011 and
N378,000,000.00 was disbursed to 81 Private
Providers in 2012 from the Special Education
Funds.
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38. SELF-HELP COMMUNITY INITIATED PROJECTS
DELIVERABLES
• In view of the importance attached to the
Self-Help programme as a strategy of
involving communities in running the affairs
of their schools, the Commission assisted
them with N1.0m each to improve
infrastructure.
• As a result of the intervention, the following
additional classrooms, furniture, toilets,
boreholes/deep-wells, etc were generated
nationwide between 2011 and 2012.
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39. Self-Help Deliverables
i. New Classrooms - 1,915
ii. Renovated Classrooms - 1,525
iii. Furniture - 748
iv. VIP Toilets - 312
v. Boreholes/Deep-wells - 104
vi. Fencing - 93
vii. Staff Quarters - 45
viii. Library Books - 52
ix. Other Items - 102
TOTAL = 5,066
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40. CONSTRUCTION OF 62 MODEL LIBRARIES IN
UNITY SCHOOLS
• 17 Model libraries have been completed.
• 45 others are on-going
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QUALITY
47. TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• In 2011, 120,976 teachers and educational managers
were trained in 2011.
• In 2012, 138,722 Teachers and 37,608 Educational
Managers totaling 176,330 were trained while in 2013
173,191 teachers and education managers are to be
trained.
• Developed Guidelines and Training Manual on the
Cluster Training of Teachers and Education Managers in
basic education for the 2013 Teacher Professional
Development Programme.
• Developed a Training Manual for Care givers and
Managers of ECCDE Centres in the UBE Programme.
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48. PROVISION OF TEXTBOOKS & LIBRARY RESOURCE
MATERIALS
• Procured and distributed:
16,895,849 Primaries 3 – 6 Textbooks in core subjects
of English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Basic Science
and Technology, Think and Do Science Activity Books,
1,010,100 copies of Library Resource Materials for JSS
to basic education schools nationwide
(Ratio of One Pupil to One Book being achieved in the
subjects across the States),
over 19,000,000 Primaries 1 and 2 textbooks in 4 core
subjects,
over 4,000,000 library resource materials; and
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49. • Carried out an audit/verification of availability and
utilization of textbooks procured for basic education
schools.
(Accountability and Resource tracking of funds expended on
procurement and distribution of instructional materials
achieved in the system)
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50. FEDERAL TEACHERS’ SCHEME (FTS)
SET YEAR COMPONENT NUMBER
3rd 2011 Primary 18,468
2nd 2011 JSS 4,035
Total 22,503
Reports indicate that in several States, most of the teachers deployed to
rural schools are the FTS teachers.
Additional 15,000 are being recruited for 2013/2015.
Phenomenal increase of allowance from N10,000.00 to N18,000.00 per
month.
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51. COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS (IDPS)
• 100% Completion and handing-over of KOICA projects
four (4) Elementary Schools in Adamawa and Gombe
States which in all have 60 classrooms, 16 toilets, 4
administrative blocks and 2,400 pupils furniture.
• Negotiated with KOICA and secured a quality input
support project for the supply of ICT equipment with
$169,413 (approximately N27,000,000) to the four
schools.
• Coordinated the handing-over of KOICA Rural Model
School in Adamawa and Gombe States in July, 2012.
The output of this project includes: 30 classrooms,
1,200 sets of pupils furniture, 20 sets of teachers tables
and chairs, 4 toilets a football field and footballs.
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53. IDPs (Contd)
• Coordinated the completion and handing-over of
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Project for the Construction of Additional Classrooms
in Kano State with the total output of:
– 317 classrooms;
– 272 toilets booths;
– 5,740 pupils’ desks and benches;
– 272 teachers’ desks and chairs;
– 317 notice boards; and
– 287 chalkboards in 33 schools.
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55. IDPs (Contd)
• Coordinated the successful completion of 70% of the
JICA projects for the Strengthening of Mathematics
and Science Education (SMASE) in 33 non-pilot States
excluding Lagos and Enugu States in which 1,600
State trainers were trained.
• In 2012, Completed local level training for 4,300
Maths and Science teachers in Niger, Plateau and
Kaduna State under the JICA supported project for
the Strengthening of Maths and Science Education
(SMASE)
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57. IDPs (Contd)
• Successfully organized the handing-over of four
(4) China Rural Schools in FCT, Kaduna, Katsina
and Ogun State in February, 2012. The total
projects output were:
– 24 classrooms,
– 1,200 pupils’ furniture,
– 24 toilets and
– 4 Admin Blocks and fence.
• Completed training of 23 primary school teachers
and 7 Education Managers and Administrators in
Seoul, South Korea in March and April, 2012.
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60. IDPs (Contd)
• Coordinated the Global Partnership for Education
(GPE) projects in Jigawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina
and Sokoto States and assisted these States to
develop their Education Sector Plans.
(i) Project National Consultant, Financial
Consultant and State Analysts were procured
to guide the development of the States and
National GPE action plans.
(ii) Draft Plans are due for submission by mid
June, 2013.
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61. IDPs (Contd)
• Coordinated the World Bank Supported
Pragmatic Investment Lending Project in
Bauchi, Anambra and Ekiti States up to
negotiation level. The project is now before
the World Bank Board of Directors for
approval.
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62. Four novel programmes undertaken by the Commission are in
fulfillment of Mr. President’s Transformation Agenda. These
include:
Almajiri Education;
Girl-Child;
Boy-Child; and
Library projects in Unity Schools.
The Commission will continue to pursue these programmes for
the benefit of the Nigerian child.
In the last two years, the Commission has enjoyed a close
working relationship with the supervising Ministers. This led to
the level of success recorded within the period.
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CONCLUSION