[{"bbox": [96, 152, 1164, 366], "category": "Text", "text": "skills training for building girl's capacity and confidence to effectively navigate the transition to adulthood and to better prepare them for jobs. This life skills training approach will also include elements to raise awareness about climate change issues and effective action. Climate-change education is an essential component to foster shared understanding of the nature and impact of climate change. Environmental awareness needs to be part of education and training at all levels. The programme will also promote community-based and mass media campaigns to reshape harmful social norms, change perceptions, including about children with disabilities, returns to girls' education, and to increase parental aspirations about their children's future. Lastly, the programme will also provide a financial support package to families to reduce direct and indirect costs of schooling."}, {"bbox": [96, 376, 1164, 564], "category": "Text", "text": "The programme will be implemented through direct and indirect management, including a contribution agreement with UNICEF. A component of the project, to be implemented through direct management with an international organisation(s) in partnership(s) with local Non-Governmental Organisation(s) will carry out several activities to support improvement in teaching and learning as well as capacity building of state and local governments' agencies responsible for education services delivery at the local communities and school levels. Technical Assistance will be deployed to the government with the aim of exploring innovative and inclusive approaches to learning and skills development."}, {"bbox": [85, 590, 323, 623], "category": "Section-header", "text": "## 2 RATIONALE"}, {"bbox": [85, 656, 235, 684], "category": "Section-header", "text": "### 2.1 Context"}, {"bbox": [96, 702, 1134, 1022], "category": "Text", "text": "With an estimated population of 211 million in 2021 and 400+ million by 2050, Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa with over 60% of the population under the age of 25. Nigeria is also Africa's leading economy with a wealth of natural resources as well as a thriving entrepreneurial culture and creative industries. Yet, the country is confronted with numerous political, socio-economic, environmental, and severe security challenges. After a recession in 2016, the country returned to marginal growth in 2017, but the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the collapse in oil prices in 2020, led the Nigerian economy into its second recession in 5 years. GDP recorded a negative growth of 3.62 % in 2020, but has since returned to positive growth at around 3%, according to the IMF⁶. All analytics point to considerable socio-economic consequences in the aftermath of the pandemic. The World Bank estimates that some 7 million more people have fallen into poverty as a result of the crisis⁷. Given that poverty in Nigeria is widespread and inequality is widening, the benefits of growth have only marginally accrued to the poor. Notwithstanding the rebounding of the economy, per capita incomes continue to decline, while high inflation (of around 15.5%, down from over 18% in 2021) is reducing Nigerians' purchasing power."}, {"bbox": [96, 1031, 1134, 1274], "category": "Text", "text": "Globally, about 20% of the total out of school population are from Nigeria⁸ with as many as 13 million **out of school children (OoSC)** in Nigeria⁹. One of the biggest barriers to enrolling children in schools is household poverty. Though basic education in Nigeria is supposed to be free, fee payments constitute more than half of total household out-of-pocket education payments, other costs including uniforms, books¹⁰ and various fees and contributions. Even though primary education is officially free and compulsory, about 10.5 million of the country's children aged 5-14 years are not in school. Only 61% of 6-11 year-olds regularly attend primary school and only 35.6% of children aged 36-59 months receive early childhood education. While access to schooling is rising among the more affluent quintiles, it is declining among the bottom 40, widening the gap and reducing the human capital of vulnerable groups¹¹."}, {"bbox": [96, 1284, 1134, 1365], "category": "Text", "text": "Gender disparities increase between primary and secondary school and attending school doesn't necessarily translate into better **learning outcomes**. States in the north-east and north-west have female primary net attendance rates of 47.7% and 47.3% respectively, meaning that more than half of the girls are not in school. Over two/thirds"}, {"bbox": [85, 1434, 270, 1459], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁶ Nigeria and the IMF"}, {"bbox": [85, 1458, 1093, 1483], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁷ https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/099730003152232753/pdf/P17630107476630fa09c990da780535511c.pdf"}, {"bbox": [85, 1482, 803, 1507], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁸ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/education-nigeria-covid19-digital-divide/"}, {"bbox": [85, 1506, 719, 1532], "category": "Footnote", "text": "⁹ Estimates range from 10.3 to 13 million. Accurate figures are not available."}, {"bbox": [85, 1552, 976, 1577], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹⁰ Fees for books are the second largest household payment and are directly correlated to learning outcomes"}, {"bbox": [85, 1576, 1073, 1601], "category": "Footnote", "text": "¹¹ Nigeria-on-the-Move-A-Journey-to-Inclusive-Growth-Moving-Toward-a-Middle-Class-Society.pdf (worldbank.org)"}, {"bbox": [1038, 1680, 1143, 1705], "category": "Page-footer", "text": "Page 5 of 29"}]