A new Human Development Index has revealed that
standard of education at all levels in Nigeria dipped by 2.17% between 2013 and
2016. The Index which was jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics
and the United Nation Development Programme indicates that 34 states and the
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja recorded decline in the Education Index while
Borno and Jigawa were the only states
with the improved Index within the period of three years.
The
Inequality Human Development Index (IHDI) is an improvement over the Human
Development Index with the adjustment made for inequality in the distribution
of the dimension of Education, Income and Health.
“The
Male Education Index is 0.8631 while the Female Education Index is 0.7310.
Similarly, the Mean Years of Schooling Index (the number of years a 25 years
old and above have spent in school) for male is 0.8324 while the female MYSI is
0.6785. In 2013, the Male EI is 0.8676 and MYSI is 0.6375 while the Female EI
is 0.7700 and MYSI is 0.5021.”
The
increase in the Female MYSI and EI respectively was attributed to the government
deliberate policy towards female education.
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