Useful sources about Africa

Nigeria's policy document on special needs education including requirements for access, physical facilities, assessment of learners with special needs and financial provision. It was released by the Federal Ministry of Education in 2015.

The Nigerian budget office's website provides a depository of current and previous state budgets. The 2018 budget proposal and budget speech details the latest spending on education. Documents can be downloaded in PDF or Word format.

The Universal Basic Education Programme website contains data for download up to 2014, including early childhood facility enrolment rates and national quality assurance audit reports.

The electoral laws of the Federation of Nigeria as stipulated in the August 2010 edition of the Nigerian state gazette.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) provides information on the political parties registered in Nigeria as well as political party audit reports, finance manuals and codes of conduct.

The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) provides comparative data on student learning in reading. It is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. It has assessed reading comprehension in over 60 countries since 2001.

UNICEF provides aggregated data on primary and secondary education including the out-of-school population of boys and girls for the years 2000 to 2015.

The Our World in Data (OWID) portal presents empirical research and data on living conditions across the world. It provides a good overview of the state of education globally and in comparison with African countries, specifically regarding attendance and enrolment.

This UNESCO report from 2016 contains key results of a regional survey on factors affecting the quality of education in Africa. It looks at school resources and the learning environment across the continent.