Reimagining

Education
in Nigeria
A CIVIL SOCIETY
MANIFESTO
MAKE SENIOR SECONDARY MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE
EDUCATION FREE

FUND MORE. FUND BETTER

 1. UNLOCKING THE POWER
OF EDUCATION
Economic growth and poverty

Peace and security

Early marriage

Improved health

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2. EDUCATION
IN CRISIS

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3. CHALLENGES &
OPPORTUNITIES
a. Access to Quality Education

RECOMMENDATION:
Make Free Senior Secondary Education Free

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b. Financing 12 Year of Safe,
Free, Quality Education

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Nigera’s spending on education compared to the 10 poorest
countries in Africa

Data via World Bank https://data.worldbank.org/

Somalia
Nigeria
10 Poorest Countries in Africa

Liberia
CAR
Malawi
Niger
DRC
Chad
Madagascar
Mozambique
Burundi

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%

% of national expanditure on education

Data via World Bank https://data.worldbank.org/

Nigeria
Angola
10 Richest Countries in Africa

Sudan
Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
South Africa
Ghana
Kenya
Mozambique

0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00%

% of national expanditure on education

 It’s not just about spending
more on education, but
spending it better.

Benefits of national education accounts

10%
9.2% After NEA
9%
Before NEA
8%
7.9%
7% 7.3%

6% 6.3%
6.0%
5%
64.4%
4%
3.8%
3%
2.1%
2%
1%
0%
Nepal (2015) Cote d’Ivoire (2014) Viet Nam (2013) Uganda (2014)

Benefits of Gender responsive budgetting

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 BEFOR EDUCATION SECTOR PLANS AFTER EDUCATION SECTOR PLANS
WERE INTRODUCED 2005-2009 WERE INTRODUCED 2015-2020

Entanglement Entanglement Changes in Rates Entanglement Entanglement Changes in Rates

Rates for Girls at Rates for Girls at Between 2006 Rates for Girls at Rates for Girls at Between 2015
State
Secondary school Secondary school and 2009 Secondary school Secondary school and 2020
Levle in 2006 Levle in 2009 Levle in 2015 Levle in 2020

Jigawa 19.9% 174% -2.5% 38.8% 47.5% +8.7%

Kaduna 41.5% 42.3% -0.8% 47.2% 49.5% +2.3%
Kano 34.0% 33.7% -0.3% 42.7% 47.0% +4.3%
Katsina 27.3% 24.1% -3.2% 39.2% 43.0% +3.8%
Sokoto 22.8% 23.8% +1.0% 35.6% 44.0% +8.4%
Zamfara 21.9% 21.8% -0.1% 32.4% 38.0% +5.6%
SESP averages 27.9% 23.6% -4.3% 39.3% 44.8% +5.5%
National Average 45.3% 45.0% -0.3% 46.6% 47.4% +0.8%

Nigeria has not caught up

with many global norms with
regards to budgeting, such as
mainstreaming:

RECOMMENDATION: Fund More. Fund Better

c. Safety and Security in Schools

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RECOMMENDATION: Make School Safe
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