Kaduna state profile

State Ministry

Helping States make better use of their own resources to plan, manage, deliver and monitor services is at the heart of ESSPIN. We will help States plan on the basis of better management information, reform their inspection services, improve the training and deployment of teachers and get better value for money from procurement of buildings and materials. We?ll focus particularly on public financial management, complementing SPARC?s work with Ministries of Planning and Budgeting. In Northern Nigeria we will help States integrate the teaching of a basic curriculum into Islamiyah and Quranic schools. In Lagos, we will help the State improve regulation and inspection of private sector schools.

Community

Two thirds of ESSPIN?s resources will provide technical assistance to Government. The remainder will help underpin the transformation of government systems by providing resources to show what a reformed education system can do and creating incentives for further reform. This will include support for water and sanitation facilities, provision of educational materials, some infrastructure improvements and innovative ways of getting operating resources directly to schools and communities.

School

Building up government capacity and providing help to schools and communities is only part of the story: ESSPIN will also work with communities, civil society, the media and political representatives to share information, agree service standards and build up demand for better services. In particular, we will help School Based Management Committees to have a bigger influence in school management and improvement. ESSPIN will work alongside SAVI to build broad coalitions for reform in the education sector.

Key Facts – Based on the 2009/10 Annual School Census

• 37% of Urban Primary schools in this State run double shifts
• There are over 1,119,500 primary school children in Kaduna State (45.7% Female 54.3% Male)
• In Senior Secondary School there are just under 155,000 enrolled, 41.3% of whom are girls
• There are approx 39,000 primary school teachers employed, 18,400 of whom are female.
• The Kaduna primary pupil/teacher ratio is 25:1 and 47:1 when considering only qualified teachers
• At SSS level the pupil teacher ratio is 21:1 and the pupil to qualified teacher ratio of 25:1
• Approx 19% of all teachers in the State received training in the last 12 months.
• There are approx 15,500 primary classrooms, almost all of which are usable. (Approx 69 pupils per classroom in primary).
• 35% of primary classrooms have sufficient seating and 48% have a good blackboard
• 68.2% of primary schools have no source of safe water
• 84.5% of primary schools have no toilet. The average pupil to toilet ratio is 510:1. The worst LGA for pupil to toilet ratio at primary level is Kabau LGA with a ratio of 3100 pupils per toilet.
• 57.4% of children progress from primary school to JSS.