Due to total neglect of key areas in the education sector, it would be difficult for Nigeria to attain the Education For All (EFA) target in 2015, Mr. Stephen Bradley, team leader of the Education Sector Support Program in Nigeria (ESSPIN), a DFID funded program has said.
Interacting with newsmen on the state of education in Nigeria in Kaduna, a state in the Northern part of the country, he said a lot of work needed to be done in the sector.
He said to assist the government in fast tracking the attainment of the EFA, ESSPIN was investing over 100 million pounds on education in five states of Kaduna, Jigawa , Kwara, Kano and Lagos . He said the intervention which was a six year programme was conceived by the Nigerian government in partnership with the DFID to support federal and state governments in improving the sector.
“ESSPIN is designed to help develop an education system in which every child in Nigeria is given the opportunity to receive basic education.
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