1
Anambra
96,489
67,500,000
937
GeoPolitical
Zones
South East
2
Ogun
170,927
119,648,900
1,381
South West
3
Ebonyi
164,598
115,218,600
1,466
South East
4
Zamfara
269,665
188,700,000
2,738
North West
5
Osun
142,193
867,370
2,688
South West
6
Oyo
103,269
72,200,000
1,437
South West
7
Enugu
96,024
67,200,000
1,128
South East
Total
1,043,165
631,334,870
11,775
3 out of 6
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States
No. of Pupils
Amount
(Naira)
No. of
Cooks
Employed
Source: - Daily Trust, Newspaper, Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, January 23 2017, p.3
vi. Apart from budgetary provisions at the Federal level, there are specialized funding sources
of the basic and Tertiary Education levels. To support Basic Education, 2% of the
Consolidated Revenue Fund is dedicated to supporting States to improve quality education
outcome.
At the tertiary sector, the Education Tax Act was amended to create the Tertiary
Education Trust Fund (TETFUND). With this, the 2% of accessed profits of Nigerian
companies are dedicated to development, rehabilitation of infrastructure, capacity building
and provision of resources in tertiary institutions. As a result of this, complementary funding
are provided to public tertiary institutions with Special Interventions through the High Impact
Fund, Book Development Fund, National Research Fund, etc.
Partnerships with national and international organizations have also led to support
for the Federal and State governments in education. Recently, Nigeria was admitted into the
Global Partnership on Education (GPE) which is bringing with it an initial grant of $100 million
dollars to help selected states in the drive for better access to education.
vii. Provision of text books, first and boxes sports equipments and computers to schools (20152017) in the twenty states with gender disparity including those with boys’ drop-out
syndrome.
viii. Institutionalization of students tutoring, mentoring and counseling programme (STUMEC) to
ensure that pupils are enrolled in schools, stay in schools and that the teaching-learning
process is made attractive and rewarding for both the teacher and pupils.
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