[{"bbox": [241, 151, 466, 283], "category": "Text", "text": "capacity limitations and\noften encounter\ndifficulty with\ncoordination of project\nactivities and entities"}, {"bbox": [802, 151, 1133, 206], "category": "Text", "text": "building support to ensure\nsustainability of impacts"}, {"bbox": [92, 303, 253, 327], "category": "Section-header", "text": "Lessons Learnt:"}, {"bbox": [130, 347, 1133, 454], "category": "List-item", "text": "* A thorough review of past and ongoing education programmes implemented by the EU and other donor partners across Nigeria has informed the design of this action and it includes the importance of early engagement with political leaders and bringing on board government decisions makers in order to help address policy inconsistencies and maintain sustainability and continuity."}, {"bbox": [130, 467, 1133, 601], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Another important lesson is that education reform and delivery require improvements that are often outside the responsibility of the education sector. Therefore, links with other sectors such as the social welfare, health professionals, environment and climate change, water and sanitation Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and legislators are required for effectiveness. Also, consortia of development partners to implement the programme brings together a range of skills and expertise and achieves better results."}, {"bbox": [130, 614, 1133, 668], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Vouchers and cash transfers for education (conditional or unconditional) act as incentives for poor families to send children to school hence improving enrolment and attendance."}, {"bbox": [130, 681, 793, 708], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Specific training for female teachers can enhance gender sensitivity."}, {"bbox": [130, 721, 1133, 776], "category": "List-item", "text": "* School infrastructure including WASH programmes and menstrual hygiene management encourage parents to bring their children to school, particularly girls."}, {"bbox": [130, 789, 1133, 949], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Coordination between service providers and alignment with government planning is necessary to avoid gaps or overlaps. Currently levels of government capacity vary, and whilst there are efforts amongst donors to share information and coordinate activities, further strengthening of this on the ground, in conjunction with government partners, could bring transformational change. Having an overview of donor funding in each location can help the state budgeting and planning processes. Development partners speaking with one voice to government can help drive change."}, {"bbox": [130, 962, 1133, 1016], "category": "List-item", "text": "* In-service teacher training provides teachers with enhanced classroom teaching methods and incentives to stay in the profession."}, {"bbox": [130, 1029, 1133, 1110], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Reducing the distance to schools through school construction in rural and disadvantaged areas boost girls' enrolment including the provision of boarding facilities for the attraction of the underserved and migrant communities has proven effective."}, {"bbox": [130, 1123, 1133, 1201], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Teaching that incorporates a wide set of skills including academic, livelihood and life skills including the economic empowerment of girls and youth has had positive impact on education and labour market outcomes."}, {"bbox": [130, 1216, 1133, 1298], "category": "List-item", "text": "* For enhancement of access, equity and inclusion, integration of online learning with information and communication technology for education should be complemented with traditional classroom method. Online platforms and apps are public goods that can be rapidly scaled in multiple settings and at a low cost."}, {"bbox": [130, 1311, 1133, 1392], "category": "List-item", "text": "* Edutainment, the use of entertainment media with development objectives¹⁸, can reshape adverse social norms, increase aspirations and increase school attendance in a cost-effective way in northern Nigeria, as recently shown by the DIME Movies and Mobiles trial in the region¹⁹."}, {"bbox": [85, 1499, 1125, 1572], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁸ https://www.worldbank.org/en/research/dime/brief/edu-tainment\nhttps://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2021/06/10/using-smartphones-to-strengthen-the-human-capital-of-online-and-offline-\npopulations-new-evidence-and-collaborations-for-"}, {"bbox": [85, 1572, 1141, 1621], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁹ Orozco-Olvera and Rascon-Ramirez (2022). Improving Enrollment and Learning Through Videos and Mobiles: Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4221220"}, {"bbox": [1026, 1680, 1142, 1704], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 15 of 29"}]