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

This EDOREN report outlines 10-year projections for the number of teachers required in Primary and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in Jigawa, the costs of meeting these requirements, and suggestions for improving current systems of teacher... 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 EDOREN Policy Brief outlines the findings of a study of ESSPIN’s (Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria) support to capacity development in Basic Education in Nigeria. ESSPIN is funded by the UK Governments Department for... 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

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 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

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

This EDOREN Policy Brief provides an overview of the report by Bennel et al (2015) on the Supply and Demand for Primary and Junior Secondary School Teachers in Katsina State for the years 2014 to 2025. It projects future demands for teachers... More

Nigeria has long faced the challenge of enabling all children access to education. Yet estimates of the number of primary school-aged children that are out of school differ significantly. This EDOREN report addresses this question by using data... More

This EDOREN report sets out to address how effectively teachers are managed in public primary schools in Kaduna and Katsina. The appropriate management of primary school teachers is key to improving the quality of Nigeria’s basic education. The... More

This EDOREN report provides a review of the ‘Making Markets Work for the Poor’ (M4P) approach used for the Developing Effective Private Education in Nigeria (DEEPEN) Programme. The core objectives of this review are to:

1.Assess how... More

This EDOREN note is about aid to education in Nigeria from 2000. It summarises aid levels and trends to the extent that the data allow drawing primarily on OECD-DAC sources. It highlights the modesty of aid relative to both educational need and... More

This document sets out the proposed framework and plan for the evaluation of the Teacher Development Programme (TDP). Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and implemented by Mott MacDonald, the TDP seeks to improve... 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 literature review examines the findings of empirical studies from between 2000 and 2013 that relate to factors affecting educational access, quality, equity and impact in basic education. It also considers related grey literature and policy... More