The document presents a civil society manifesto advocating for free senior secondary education in Nigeria and highlights the importance of safe and well-funded schools for improved economic growth and health outcomes. It outlines challenges in accessing quality education and calls for better funding and budgeting practices. The manifesto includes recommendations to enhance education financing and safety in schools, emphasizing the necessity of aligning Nigeria's education spending with global standards.

1. Reimagining
Education
in Nigeria
A CIVIL SOCIETY
MANIFESTO

2. MAKE SENIOR SECONDARY
EDUCATION FREE
MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE
FUND MORE. FUND BETTER

3. Economic growth and poverty
Peace and security
Early marriage
Improved health
1. UNLOCKING THE POWER
OF EDUCATION
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4. 2. EDUCATION
IN CRISIS
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5. 3. CHALLENGES &
OPPORTUNITIES
a. Access to Quality Education
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RECOMMENDATION:
Make Free Senior Secondary Education Free

6. b. Financing 12 Year of Safe,
Free, Quality Education
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7. Nigera’s spending on education compared to the 10 poorest
countries in Africa
Data
via
World
Bank
https://data.worldbank.org/
Data
via
World
Bank
https://data.worldbank.org/
Somalia
Nigeria
Liberia
CAR
Malawi
Niger
DRC
Chad
Madagascar
Mozambique
Burundi
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%
10
Poorest
Countries
in
Africa
% of national expanditure on education
Nigeria
Angola
Sudan
Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
South Africa
Ghana
Kenya
Mozambique
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%
10
Richest
Countries
in
Africa
% of national expanditure on education

8. Benefits of national education accounts
Benefits of Gender responsive budgetting
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10%
9%
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
0%
Nepal (2015)
9.2%
3.8%
7.3%
64.4%
7.9%
6.0%
6.3%
2.1%
Cote d’Ivoire (2014) Viet Nam (2013) Uganda (2014)
After NEA
Before NEA
It’s not just about spending
more on education, but
spending it better.
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9. Entanglement
Rates for Girls at
Secondary school
Levle in 2006
BEFOR EDUCATION SECTOR PLANS
WERE INTRODUCED 2005-2009
AFTER EDUCATION SECTOR PLANS
WERE INTRODUCED 2015-2020
National Average
State
Jigawa 19.9% 174% -2.5% 38.8% 47.5% +8.7%
41.5% 42.3% -0.8% 47.2% 49.5% +2.3%
34.0% 33.7% -0.3% 42.7% 47.0% +4.3%
27.3% 24.1% -3.2% 39.2% 43.0% +3.8%
22.8% 23.8% +1.0% 35.6% 44.0% +8.4%
21.9% 21.8% -0.1% 32.4% 38.0% +5.6%
27.9%
45.3%
23.6%
45.0%
-4.3%
-0.3%
39.3%
46.6%
44.8%
47.4%
+5.5%
+0.8%
Kaduna
Kano
Katsina
Sokoto
Zamfara
SESP averages
Entanglement
Rates for Girls at
Secondary school
Levle in 2009
Entanglement
Rates for Girls at
Secondary school
Levle in 2015
Changes in Rates
Between 2006
and 2009
Changes in Rates
Between 2015
and 2020
Entanglement
Rates for Girls at
Secondary school
Levle in 2020
Nigeria has not caught up
with many global norms with
regards to budgeting, such as
mainstreaming:
RECOMMENDATION: Fund More. Fund Better

10. c. Safety and Security in Schools
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11. RECOMMENDATION: Make School Safe

12. ENDORSED BY:

13. ENDORSED BY: