Education is the most powerful investment in our future.
But the Nigerian education system is in a state of emergency and the country is lagging behind even the poorest country in the continent.
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