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Education: Kaduna State revamped its education system by improving
enrolment rate and teacher quality
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Copyright 2019 by Boston Consulting Group. All rights reserved.
Context
Kaduna is a state in northern Nigeria, population -8M (2016). Government
oversees >7k schools & >33k teachers, educating 2.1M children.
With - 52% enrolment rate and -40% of teachers qualified in 2016,
Kaduna State sought to improve the number of children in schools and
teachers' quality across all levels of education
What did Kaduna State Government do?
Kaduna State Government embarked on a 6-step revamp process:
Kaduna SUBEB1 tested teachers to identify unqualified ones
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-66% of teachers (~22k) failed the test and were asked to resign
Government partnered with UNPFA² to fund recruitment of teachers
-25k teachers were hired to replace sacked teachers
Collaborated with Ministry of Education to prioritize STEM³ and ICT
~2.2k teachers were particularly recruited for STEM³ and ICT
Introduced the free lunch program in its primary schools to
incentivize parents to send children to school
Expanded access by making the first nine years of schooling free
Partnered with the World Bank in its school rehabilitation program
-30% of 4.2k pri. schools rehabilitated to take 30-40 pupils/class
Key successes
Nigeria
As at Dec. 2017, enrolment rate had increased by -50% from ~1.5M
children to -2.1M children
Nigeria's best-in-class in proportion of qualified teachers - -85% of
teachers in 2017 considered fit
Improved performance of students in national exams
Ranked 1st among all northern states in WAEC and NECO exams
Learnings for Plateau State
Engage Plateau SUBEB¹ and Teachers Service Commission to conduct
yearly competency tests to identify unqualified teachers
Seek donors (e.g., UNFPA² ) to fund training schemes for unqualified
teachers and replace post-training poor performing teachers
Work with ARC and schools to prioritize curriculum & teacher
improvements in subjects with poor state/LGA4 WAEC performance
Make primary education compulsory for children between 5 and 11
partner with donors (e.g., Gates Foundation) to provide support
Consider making junior secondary education free especially at rural
areas & subsidize other fees e.g., school uniforms
Consider instituting the free lunch program for secondary schools
Collaborate with donors (e.g., World Bank, AfDB) to fund
rehabilitation of existing infrastructure
1. State Universal Basic Education Board 2. United Nations Population Fund 3. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics 4. Local Government Area
Source: Media coverage; Punch Nigeria; BCG
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