UNICEF deplores the drop in education funding by the Niger government
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that there was a decline in the allocation of funds to education as a proportion of the total state budget in Niger.
Michael Banda, Senior Education Officer, UNICEF Kano Field Office and Girls' Education Project (GEP3), revealed this during a three-day media dialogue on education girls.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dialogue aims to sensitize the media on the importance of girls' education and ignite the function of a media coalition for girls' education for a sustained media advocacy on education.
NAN also reports that the GEP3 project is being implemented in the states of Bauchi, Kano, Kastina, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara with assistance from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Mr. Banda explained that the total state budget from 2017 to 2021 for education is increasing, but funds released for the sector are decreasing.
In his presentation on the budget performance of the Niger State Ministry of Education, Francis Elisha, Head of Education, UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, revealed that in 2017, 5 billion naira has been allocated for education and only 1.7 billion naira has been released, or 35 percent.
He said that in 2018 about 5.4 billion naira was allocated and only about 439 million naira was released and in 2019 about 3.1 billion naira was allocated and only about 199 .8 million naira had been released.
Mr. Elisha added that in 2020, about 426 million naira has been allocated to the sector and only about 55.4 million naira has been released, while in 2021, 4 billion naira has been allocated with only about 591.5 million naira released.
According to him, the total budget released in 2017 was 35%; in 2018, it was 8%; in 2019, it was 6%; in 2020 it was 13% while in 2021 it was 15%.
He said there was a need for the Niger State government to do more in allocating and releasing funds for the education sector, adding that the GEP3 project had helped reduce the low enrollment, retention, completion and transition rates of girls in school. basic level of education.
Mr. Elisha revealed that the 2020/2021 annual school census showed that the gender parity index for Niger increased from 0.65 in 2012 to 0.79 in 2021, adding that the project had an impact because more girls were enrolled in school.< /p>
(NAN)
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday that there was a decline in the allocation of funds to education as a proportion of the total state budget in Niger.
Michael Banda, Senior Education Officer, UNICEF Kano Field Office and Girls' Education Project (GEP3), revealed this during a three-day media dialogue on education girls.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dialogue aims to sensitize the media on the importance of girls' education and ignite the function of a media coalition for girls' education for a sustained media advocacy on education.
NAN also reports that the GEP3 project is being implemented in the states of Bauchi, Kano, Kastina, Niger, Sokoto and Zamfara with assistance from the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).
Mr. Banda explained that the total state budget from 2017 to 2021 for education is increasing, but funds released for the sector are decreasing.
In his presentation on the budget performance of the Niger State Ministry of Education, Francis Elisha, Head of Education, UNICEF Kaduna Field Office, revealed that in 2017, 5 billion naira has been allocated for education and only 1.7 billion naira has been released, or 35 percent.
He said that in 2018 about 5.4 billion naira was allocated and only about 439 million naira was released and in 2019 about 3.1 billion naira was allocated and only about 199 .8 million naira had been released.
Mr. Elisha added that in 2020, about 426 million naira has been allocated to the sector and only about 55.4 million naira has been released, while in 2021, 4 billion naira has been allocated with only about 591.5 million naira released.
According to him, the total budget released in 2017 was 35%; in 2018, it was 8%; in 2019, it was 6%; in 2020 it was 13% while in 2021 it was 15%.
He said there was a need for the Niger State government to do more in allocating and releasing funds for the education sector, adding that the GEP3 project had helped reduce the low enrollment, retention, completion and transition rates of girls in school. basic level of education.
Mr. Elisha revealed that the 2020/2021 annual school census showed that the gender parity index for Niger increased from 0.65 in 2012 to 0.79 in 2021, adding that the project had an impact because more girls were enrolled in school.< /p>
(NAN)
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