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Over time, the committee's influence grew as education became a national priority, especially with Nigeria's commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to education. The committee played a vital role in monitoring and evaluating federal government interventions, including the distribution of funds under the UBE ...
The National Social Investment Program of Nigeria is a social welfare initiative launched by the federal government of Nigeria in 2015. The program, overseen by the National Social Investment Office, aims to promote equitable resource distribution to vulnerable populations, such as children, youth, and women.
The Fifth Development Plan and Rolling Plan within Nigeria was established in 1988 to further tackle inequality and boost the economic, social and political structure for the country. This plan sought to devalue the naira, remove import licenses, reduce tariffs, open the economy to foreign trade, promote non-oil exports through incentives and ...
In a bid to improve female education in girls, the UNICEF initiated some projects in Nigeria. one of them is The Girls’ Education Project initiated through a Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2004 between the United Nations Children's Fund and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. [75]
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) was established by the Compulsory, Free Universal Basic Education and Other Related Matters Act of 2004 [1] to eradicate illiteracy, ignorance and poverty as well as to stimulate and accelerate national development, political consciousness and national integration to fulfil the national philosophy ...
Millbank Community Education Centre in Aberdeenshire, 2018. Community education, also known as Community-Based Education or Community Learning & Development, or Development Education is an organization's programs to promote learning and social development work with individuals and groups in their communities using a range of formal and informal methods.
Educating youth in Nigeria is prioritized with the goal of reducing poverty, inequality and overall increasing economic growth. [28] Youth in Nigeria school system consists of six years of primary education, three years of junior secondary, three years of senior secondary, and four or five years of tertiary education. [29]
UNDP has been supporting the government and its people by addressing development challenges, strengthening and building institutions that promote inclusive sustainable development and democratic governance. [19] For example, during the COVID-19 crisis, UNDP partnered with Japan to support Nigeria's health and socio-economic response. [20]