Literature database

The education system in North East Nigeria has been devastated by nearly eight years of armed conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian government. However, the security situation has significantly improved since early 2016 and work on... More

DEEPEN is an innovative, ambitious programme that aims to improve the quality of education provided by private schools in Lagos. It responded to growing evidence, provided through the Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN), that a... More

Despite the relatively small number of public schools in Lagos, only 4% of primary school aged children were out of school in 2011 (World Bank, 2017). High enrollment rates are enabled by private schools filling the gap in provision.  In 2011, 57... More

This report contains the five country case studies that formed the basis of the synthesis of findings presented in part one of the Comparative Review of Basic Education Reforms carried out by Education Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria (... More

The Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN) (2008–17) seeks to improve learning outcomes for children of basic education age in six Nigerian states: Enugu, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara and Lagos. The aims of the ESSPIN Composite... More

This report presents findings from the first and second rounds of the Composite Survey conducted in 2012 and 2014, respectively (CS1 and CS2). The survey covered a wide range of indicators at the teacher, head teacher, school-based management... More

In July 2012 and 2014 representative stratified samples of public primary schools, head teachers, teachers and pupils were surveyed in the six Nigerian states where the DFID/UKaid-funded Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria works. This... More

This review is an attempt by a coalition of stakeholders, led by the Education in Emergencies Working Group Nigeria (EiEWGN), to develop an improved set of laws to provide legal protection against ‘attacks’ on the Nigerian educational... More

This report outlines the findings of a study of the support provided by the Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria (ESSPIN) to capacity development in basic education. The study draws on evidence from ESSPIN’s self-assessment reports, the... More

The Research Capacity Strengthening Strategy (RCSS) designed by EDOREN provides a framework to both strengthen the use and demand for, as well as the supply of, policy-relevant education sector research. It has been trialed in the context of a... More

Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) is a conscious and deliberate plan to include people with disabilities (PWDs) and other forms of special needs among those who benefit from education in line with Goals 4 of the Sustainable... More

This report outlines the findings of a study of in-depth issues relating to the recruitment and deployment of Teachers in public primary schools in Northern Nigeria, with the long-term expectation of establishing a robust cadre of effective... More

This policy brief summarises one of the three sessions of Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference 2016. The session aimed to identify what constitutes emergencies in various contexts within Nigeria and to provide a greater understanding of the... More

This policy brief summarises one of the three sessions of Nigeria’s Annual Education Conference 2016. The session aimed to explore the strategies for creating a professional basic education teaching force in Nigeria in the short term (2019), the... More

The comparative study presented in this report aims to address research questions by comparing numeracy and literacy learning outcomes among P4 students in public schools and those in low- and medium-fee private schools in Lagos. The children... More

This policy brief outlines the findings from the Teacher Supply and Demand Study in Jigawa. The report was produced for the DFID-Funded Teacher Development Programme (TDP) by Education Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria (EDOREN).

This report presents findings from two case studies of communities in and near the city of Maiduguri, Borno. It builds on the findings of a survey commissioned by DFID and carried out by Girl Effect that examines parents and children’s attitudes... More

This EDOREN report outlines 10-year projections of the number of teachers required in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in Zamfara, the likely supply of teachers to the school system and suggestions for improving teacher recruitment and... More

This EDOREN report presents the findings of quantitative and qualitative baseline data collection undertaken by Education, Data, Research and Evaluation in Nigeria (EDOREN) as part of a multi-year evaluation of the Girls Education Project Phase 3... More

This report provides an in-depth qualitative description and analysis of how the Teacher Development Programme’s (TDP’s) in-service activities have been implemented in its Phase I, with the development of a series of formative lessons and... More

This policy brief addresses one of the three main teacher policy challenges – teacher numbers, teacher competency and teacher management. It is based on a synthesis of evidence on major issues facing teachers in Nigeria’s basic education sector,... More

This report presents the results from a mixed-methods baseline survey using quantitative and qualitative research methods, to evaluate TDP’s in-service teacher training components in the three phase one states. This report presents an overview of... More

The main purpose of this study was to examine teacher’s qualification; Area of specialization and the implementation of the environmental education curriculum in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study:... More

This briefing note presents some of the main findings from the mixed-methods baseline survey. The study used quantitative and qualitative research methods to establish an overview of the current state of school context, pupil learning, teacher... More