[{"bbox": [96, 151, 1165, 233], "category": "Text", "text": "government at the national level and support three nhorthern states², Sokoto, Kano and Jigawa, where the education needs are dire for improving access to quality inclusive education opportunities, especially among girls. The EU through this programme will support the implementation of existing sector plans in these three states."}, {"bbox": [96, 242, 1165, 590], "category": "Text", "text": "**Under objective 1,** the programme will focus on the strengthening of sector governance to improve system monitoring (including the Education Management Information System (EMIS), planning, implementation, evaluation/assessment, reporting for a better service delivery. This will include efforts to strengthen the institutional capacity of national, state and local governments to better ensure inclusivity and equity in the delivery of quality educational services. At the Federal level, the objective will be to strategically support the government in reengineering coherence across the basic education systems through policy dialogue for effective and efficient review and implementation of existing plans and policies. This will also include the provision of technical assistance and capacity development to ministries and agencies responsible for education services delivery. As part of the support to be provided to the State and local governments is the updating of EMIS, including the harmonisation of existing education monitoring and evaluation systems for the enhancement of data collection, analysis and the improvement in evidence-based planning and decision making in the sector. At the local level, the programme will also support the capacity development of government officials. All three tiers of government will be supported to address demand and supply sides constraints that impede access to education for the delivery of desired results."}, {"bbox": [96, 599, 1165, 1080], "category": "Text", "text": "**Under objective 2,** the programme will support increased access to safe³ and accessible learning environments, especially for girls in rural, underserved, and nomadic communities, with the aim to improve the quality of teaching and learning for all. At the school level, the programme will support the capacity development of teachers through in-service teacher training, professional development opportunities, learners centred participatory and inclusive instruction, the provision of adequate teaching and learning materials (e.g., inclusive, gender-sensitive and climate-change adaptation curriculum), and the provision of equipment using digital media and education-technology (EdTech) approaches inside classrooms for an inclusive, safe, and resilient environment to deliver sustainable education services for the improvement of quality learning. Moreover, it will explore the piloting of new measurement methods and leveraging on existing measuring of educational quality and learning outcomes (cognitive, creative, and emotional skills). It will also support community management systems to better demand for quality education and to raise the awareness of the local community regarding the benefits of education especially for girls. Considering the poor learning outcomes for in-school children, the fact that Nigeria has more than 10 million children out of school (yet some of the lowest education spending in the world) and the fact that future school lockdowns cannot be ruled out, this programme will explore supporting a series of “home-learning” initiatives that use accessible EdTech approaches to teach at the right level in a sustainable manner, including their combination with online learning campaigns⁴ and with community resources, such as community youth volunteers as instructors. This EdTech component will also explore testing new and low-cost measurement tools that assess early grade reading and math skills through the use of gamified tools."}, {"bbox": [96, 1089, 1165, 1330], "category": "Text", "text": "**Under objective 3,** the programme will leverage partnerships with enhanced public and private sector engagement to provide formal and non-formal education and skills acquisition and development opportunities tailored to employment demands and/or livelihood opportunities for youth. Adolescents and youth have specific learning needs linked to improved livelihood and employment opportunities, as well as reducing vulnerability to influence by violent groups. The programme will support the implementation of the Accelerated Basic Education Curriculum to mainstream a number of out of school children (including the Almajiri) into formal schools and/or to help them transition into vocational skills acquisition and development opportunities tailored to employment and/or livelihood opportunities for youth in Nigeria. It will especially include targeting of female youth for these skills acquisition interventions to facilitate entry into the labour market. In addition, a safe space⁵ approach will be used to deliver critical social life"}, {"bbox": [85, 1379, 1145, 1453], "category": "Footnote", "text": "² These states have important numbers of poor, underserved and marginalized population groups. They also have poor outcomes related to school attendance and learning outcomes, and broader gender and sexual health indicators, including high rates of child marriage and teenage pregnancies."}, {"bbox": [85, 1453, 1145, 1501], "category": "Footnote", "text": "³ Considering the insecurity in this area, safety needs will have to be analysed and worked into the operational aspects of the programme."}, {"bbox": [85, 1501, 1145, 1549], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁴ All EdTech and online work products will be open source and provided as a global digital public good for others to use, inside and outside of Nigeria."}, {"bbox": [85, 1549, 1145, 1646], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁵ A Safe Space refers to an adolescent girls’ group that meets over an extended period to learn under the mentorship of a trained female community member on a range of topics -including health, menstruation, hygiene, self-confidence, leadership, and climate change. The safe space groups are female only spaces comprised of groups of girls and young women who meet on a weekly basis at a designated time and location of their choice with a mentor."}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1145, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 4 of 29"}]