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       W'bank - Nigeria Needs U.S.$199 MillionAnnually to Deliver Basic
        Education
       By: Ebenezer Date: July 29, 2013, 7:43 am
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       The World Bank has stated it would cost the country an
       additional allocation of about$199 million (about N30.8 billion)
       over the next three years to address both the supply and demand
       side constraints as well as governance and accountabilityissues
       in order to deliver basic education in the short-term.
       This came as the bank also called for a reappraisal of the
       Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme, which has been
       implemented for nearly 10 years now to ensure its funding and
       mechanism for implementation meet targeted objectives for which
       it was established.
       The bank in its new report,"Education and Skills Policy Notes:
       Education Access, Equity and Quality in Nigeria, " which was
       launched in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of
       Education, further alleged that the essence of the UBEC funds
       had been truncated because 83 percent of the resources could not
       be accessed by the states in 2012 and "the UBE Interventions are
       not reaching the schools" which are supposed to be major
       beneficiaries.
       "It is clear that there are institutional problems and forces
       that influence the level of fundingthat reaches the schools," it
       stated. The report identified education as key for the country's
       economic growth and poverty reduction, but lamented that many
       children remained out of school in spite of several efforts to
       improve access to education.
       It further decried the level of decadence in the country's
       education system alleging that"At the national level, 60 and 44
       percent of students after completing grade 4 and grade 6
       respectively, cannot read a complete sentence."
       The Breton Woods institution blamed the dismal academic
       achievements by students on littleschool autonomy and weak
       accountability, insufficient teaching and learning resources as
       well as incompetence on the part of teachers. The report added
       that poverty had been found to be the dominant factor preventing
       many children from starting school on time.
       The World Bank, however, tasked education authorities to "purse
       specific programmatic interventions" to boost educationaccess,
       quality and equity as well as launch a profound
       institutionalreform to resuscitate the sector. The study
       recommended a detailed review of the federal, state and local
       government institutions to address the challenges in
       implementing the UBE programme.[br/][br/]•For More Updates On
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