REVIEW OF SOKOTO STATE EDUCATION BUDGET 2020 - 2022(Draft)

This is a review of the investment in the Sokoto state education sector. This sector has two major ministries, the Ministry of basic and Secondary Education which caters for basic and post-basic education and the Ministry of Higher Education which oversees tertiary education in universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. Under both ministries, there are several departments and agencies. Essentially, it focusses on the budget allocation against established benchmarks, and the extent to which the projections were implemented including the ability of the state to draw up available funds from external sources. This sector-wide review considers all the investment in different levels of education including basic, post basic and tertiary education over a period of 4 years (2020 to 2023). This review is presented in three sections. Section 1- budgetary allocation reviews the resources devoted and the adequacy of it. Section 2 reviews the budget performance against projections in the approved budget. Section 3 delves deeper and reviews components of the Ministry of Basic Education focusing mainly on reviewing the state’s effort at remedying its large out of school population and girl child education.