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Using technical assistance to influence and expand domestic financing for reading systems in Nigeria
Thu, March 14, 3:15 to 4:45pm, Hyatt Regency Miami, Floor: Third Level, GautierProposal
LEARN to Read is a USAID-funded reading systems strengthening program in Nigeria, managed by a consortium led by Creative Associates International. Creative Associates have been working with the Government of Nigeria over many years to develop a National Reading Framework, which was officially launched by the Minister of Education in May 2023. The framework provides learning benchmarks to provide consistent and globally aligned standards for assessing reading outcomes. In addition, it provides commitments to guide a consistent approach to strengthening reading systems to deliver improved outcomes against benchmarks.
Learn to Read is providing technical assistance at two levels. Providing states with technical assistance to support the quality and effectiveness of implementation of elements of this framework. It is also providing technical assistance at the Federal level to support systems that can guide, oversee and incentivize effect framework implementation by States. As part of this, LEARN to Read has been using technical assistance to explore ways of enhancing the effectiveness and increasing the quantity of domestic financing targeted at reading system improvement through the introduction of results based financing into basic education financing.
This paper will explore the process that the program and the federal Universal Basic Education Commission have followed to achieve these aims. This began by reviewing the lessons learned from other results-based financing models in Nigeria and beyond and considering the most appropriate and accessible elements of Nigerian domestic financing. This resulted in the identification of the Good Performance element of the basic education domestic funding grant to states as an appropriate mechanism for developing a results-based financial incentive. An initial pilot has allocated N200m of domestic funding to this results-based financing approach. The program’s technical assistance is now working with UBEC to develop indicators, verification and disbursement measures that will incentivize the effective use of other existing financing to achieve progress against reading systems priorities.
This paper will review the process of how technical assistance has been used to bring in new ideas and CATALYZE innovation within domestic financing approaches. It will consider how focusing on domestic financing rather than donor funding changes the power relations and extent local ownership. It will also explore the progress made on implementation of the pilot and what has been learned for future years and the potential for results based approaches within domestic finance allocation.