Assessment of Education Related Millennium Development Goals (MDGS)
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ABSTRACT
The MDG 2 if achieved in Nigeria is expected to provide an increase in the number of primary school enrolment, completion and literacy rates comparable to other developed societies, yet current report by UNICEF indicated that Nigeria has 10.5 million out of school children – the highest in the world.
This considerable gap in primary school enrolment, completion and literacy level, could mean complex social problems for Nigeria both now and in the future. Ensuring that the MDG 2 is achieved becomes important.
The objectives of the study, therefore, was to ascertain the extent to which primary school enrolment, completion and literacy rates has been impacted with the pursuit of MDGs in Nigeria;
How MDGs’ funding has impacted the realization of UPE and to find out the strategies in place to achieve UPE in Nigeria.
In undertaking the study, we used the longitudinal structure; hence information was collected that covers a twelve-year period. Data was sourced from both primary and secondary sources.
Major Findings reveal that, that the pursuit of MDG 2 has not significantly impacted primary school enrolment, completion and literacy levels in Nigeria; that there are some discrepancies with MDGs funding in Nigeria, as the appropriation of funds isn’t correlated to the actual release of fund.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background to the Study – – – – – – 1
1.2 Statement of the Research Problem – – – – – 6
1.3 Research Questions – – – – – – 8
1.4 Statement of Objectives – – – – – – 8
1.5 Hypotheses – – – – – – 9
1.6 Significance of the Study – – – – – 9
1.7 Scope of the Study – – – – – – 9
1.8 Limitations of the Study – – – – – – 10
1.9 Operational Definition of Terms – – – – – 10
Chapter Two: Literature Review and Theoretical Framework
2.1 Introduction – – – – – – 12
2.2 Literature Review – – – – – – 12
2.2.1 MDGs and its Importance to Third World Countries – – – 12
2.2.2 Strategies for Achieving MDGs – – – – – 14
2.2.3 Factors that Limit the Implementation of the MDGs – – 20
2.2.4 Education and the importance of Primary Education – – 21
2.3 Theoretical Framework – – – – – – 28
Chapter Three: Research Methodology
3.1 Introduction – – – – – – 32
3.2 Research Design – – – – – – 32
3.3 Sources of Data – – – – – – 33
3.4 Population and Sample size – – – – – – 33
3.5 Sampling Technique – – – – – – 34
Chapter Four: Overview of Education-Related MDGs in Nigeria
4.1 Introduction – – – – 37
4.2 Achieving Universal Primary Education (MDG 2) – – – 37
4.2.1 Efforts of Government at Achieving Universal Primary
Education before the pursuit of MDGs – – 38
4.2.2 Institutional Structures for Achieving MDG 2 in Nigeria – – 38
4.3 Policy Framework for Achieving Universal Primary
Education in Nigeria – – 40
4.4 Strategies for Achieving MDG 2 in Nigeria – – 41
4.5 Funding Patterns for Achieving MDG 2 – – 43
Chapter Five: Data Presentation and Analysis
5.1 Introduction – – 46
5.2 Primary School Enrolment, Completion and Literacy
Rates in Nigeria – – 46
5.2.1 The Level of Achievement of Universal Primary Education
In Nigeria before the pursuit of MDGs – – 46
5.2.2 The Level of Achievement of Universal Primary Education
In Nigeria with the pursuit of MDGs – – 49
5.3 Achievements of the MDG 2 – – 59
5.4 Factors Militating against the Achievement of MDG 2 – – 61
5.5 Test of Hypotheses – – 64
Chapter Six: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
6.1 Introduction – – – – 69
6.2 Summary – – – – 69
6.3 Conclusion – – – – 70
6.4 Recommendations – – – – 72
Bibliography – – – – 73
Appendix – – – – 77
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
The Millennium Development Goals are the world‘s time-bound and quantified targets for addressing extreme poverty in its many dimensions (poverty, hunger, disease, lack of adequate shelter and exclusion) while promoting gender equality, education, and environmental sustainability.
They are also basic human rights—the rights of each person on the planet to health, education, shelter, and security as pledged in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN Millennium Declaration (UN Millennium Project, 2005).
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are eight international development goals that were officially established after the Millennium summit of the United Nations in 2000, based on the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration.
All 193 United Nations member states and at least 23 international organizations agreed to achieve the goals by the year 2015.
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