Midterm Ed report to uncover gaps

A midterm report into education in expected to turn up inadequacies in a four-year plan driving the sector.This comes weeks after the ministry released its performance report in May, as well as presented the same report at the 2013 Ministerial Platform in June.It is uncertain what midterm report will highlight different from the previous two […]

A midterm report into education in expected to turn up inadequacies in a four-year plan driving the sector.
This comes weeks after the ministry released its performance report in May, as well as presented the same report at the 2013 Ministerial Platform in June.
It is uncertain what midterm report will highlight different from the previous two presentations, but education minister Ruqayyatu Rufa’i said “global dynamics meant things may not have moved as fast as expected.”
But she optimistically insisted, “Where we are today is better than the situation at the inception of this administration.”
The four-year plan focuses on access and quality of education.
It also address institutional management of education, teacher education and development, technical and vocational education, funding and resource mobilisation.

Slushing money

In new arrangements, yearly funding for basic education could reach N2 billion per state—consisting N1 billion from the state government and N1 billion from Universal Basic Education Commission.
Another National Research Fund of N3 billion targets universities, but how well each strand of funding has changed outlook of education is
uncertain.
Rufa’i, at the start of the two-day workshop ahead of the review, said the ministry wanted “evidence-based” implementation and was looking forward to the report to enable it continue implementation.
“We have done well in some areas, but we want to know why we are lagging behind in others and see what’s responsible,” said Rufa’i.