The Nigeria Partnership for Education Project (NIPEP) seeks to improve access and quality of basic education in 5 North-western States (Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa, and Sokoto), with particular attention to girls’ participation and out-of-school children. The Global Partnership for Education, GPE provided the funds to Nigerian Government. The GPE grant would finance selected aspects of the states’ sector programs that contribute to the achievement of this development objective and are aligned with ongoing and planned investments by the Local Education Group LEG. The GPE grant builds on ongoing government expenditures and commitments, IDP activities and experience and provides a targeted program of support reflecting several critical areas needed to improve education service delivery as well as a means for coordinating interventions among government and development partners. It also reflects GPE strategic priorities. NIPEP would support the Government of Nigeria and State-level education programs in the five selected states covering basic education, contributing to Nigeria’s long-term objective of human capital development for sustaining economic growth and poverty reduction. This Project Objective is consistent with the aims of the FY2014-17 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS), and is fully aligned with the goals of Nigeria’s development agenda, Vision 20:2020 (NV20:2020), and its Medium-Term Sector Strategy (MTSS) for realizing that vision, the Transformation Agenda (TA) 2011-2015. Specifically, it focuses on the need to improve Nigerian livelihoods through improving the quality and efficiency of social service delivery at the state level and promote social inclusion, gender and equity; strengthen governance and public sector management. The NIPEP objective in the five North-Western states is well aligned with the Government’s TA towards achievement of NV 20:2020.
