This study provides a comparative review of education funding across geopolitical zones in Nigeria and draws a nexus between Nigeriäs budgetary allocation to education and some selected African countries. Education funding in Nigeria has lagged the UNESCO¿s 15%-20% of government¿s annual budget in the last three decades. We assess education funding across the six geopolitical zones between 2010 and 2019 using content analysis of the respective states. A review of the WAEC enrolments for states in each zone is performed to compare how education funding impacts WAEC enrolments in Nigeria. The study draws a nexus between poverty, income inequality, and education funding in Nigeria by leveraging data from the World Bank and Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) from 2001-2019. We identify the extremely low funding of education as the main driver of poverty and inequality in Nigeria. The study recommends a diversified funding mechanism to enhance funding of the sector and improve the quality of education in the country.
| Autorius: | Edward Agbai, Anthony Okafor, Funminiyi Egbedoyin, |
| Leidėjas: | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2021 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 52 |
| ISBN-10: | 6203861863 |
| ISBN-13: | 9786203861860 |
| Formatas: | 220 x 150 x 4 mm. Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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