Transcript Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT)

Pilot Program:
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT)
to Increase Girls’ Participation
in Education
Kano & Bauchi States, Nigeria
Presented by Sadi Yahaya
SESP KANO
Dakar, Senegal
December 18, 2008
Background
Kano and Bauchi states are located
in the northern part of Nigeria
Bauchi state has a population of
4.2m. and Kano, 10.7m
The two states have high drop out
and low girls’ enrollment rates
Poverty rate is also high in the two
states (Bauchi: 77%, Kano: 49%,
Nigeria overall: 54%)
CCT Program Objectives
To increase the number of girls attending
school in grades 4-6 in select poor rural
communities in Kano and Bauchi states
(Reduce the number of girls that drop-out at
grades 4-6)
Estimated increase projected at 10-15% in
attendance for the specific grades compared
to baseline
Key Policy Objective
Global Monitoring Report indicates
that unless Nigeria prioritizes the
increased enrolment of girls, the
MDG for gender equity and
enrolment will not be achieved.
This evaluation will inform national
policy on CCT.
Conditionality for Eligible
Beneficiaries to Receive Cash
Payments
Hard Conditionalities
80% school attendance of girls
Completion of Grade 6
Soft Conditionalities
Pass mark (50%) as reflected in report cards and
end of year exams
Girl with birth certificate within 6 months of enrolment
Younger siblings with Under 5-cards showing utilisation of
services (immunisation, growth monitoring, promotion)
Mother attending ante and post natal classes
Mother and father/guardian attending awareness creation
sessions including community dialogues
Conditionality for Communities
(for School Based Management
Committees- SBMCs)
Monitoring attendance of teachers and
school discipline
Monitoring pupil attendance
Co-facilitate monthly community dialogues
on basic Facts for Life and to discuss
progress updates from the SBMC on the
CCT scheme
Facilitate dialogue among scholarship
holders and youth peers at least 1 every 2
months
Conditionality for State & LGA
Supply issues- teaching & learning,
classrooms, toilets, water
Advocacy with private sector etc
Documentation
Support to SBMC for monitoring and
supervision
Ensure health services available
(antenatal, immunisation)
Primary Impact Evaluation
Questions
1.) Does the CCT program improve
attendance rates among girls?
2.) Does the CCT program improve
retention/ completion rates among girls in
primary and JSS school?
3.) Does the CCT program improve
transition rates of girls from primary to
junior secondary school?
Primary Impact Evaluation
Questions Cont.
4. Does the impact of the CCT program differ
by quality of current education supply?
5. What targeting strategy is most costeffective in increasing girls’ enrolment/
retention?
6. What minimum cash benefit amount can
induce/ stimulate enrolment and retention?
> 4. Quality Education Program
Areas vs. No QEP Areas
In Kano: 9 LGAs currently supported by the
World Bank, and 8 LGAs supported by
DFID.
In Bauchi: 6 LGAs supported by UNICEF and
DFID.
Quality Programs include: School grants,
classroom construction, textbook provision,
teacher professional development, schoolbased management schemes.
> 5. Targeting Strategy
Community Targeting (No targeting,
blanket transfer to all girls enrolled
in grades 4-6)
VS.
Individual Targeting of girls:
– Preference for orphans
– Preference for those with disability
– Ranking guided by Proxy Means Test
– Community to validate rankings
> 6. Level of Benefit
$1 per school day ($200 per school year)
– Estimated at 32% of GDP/capita
VS
$.50 per school day ($100 per school
year)
– Estimated at 16% of GDP/capita
Frequency of payment: 3 times per year
(one per school term)
Data Requirements for Planning
Poverty Map to select Local
Government Areas
School-level data on enrolment and
drop-out rates
School mapping to determine school
locations.
Household education expenditure
data from USAID (to determine the
size of the transfer)
Sampling and Design
The size of the program (number of CCT
beneficiaries) will be determined by budget
constraints.
Sampling will stratified at the LGA level,based
on quality education program status
Randomization will be conducted at the
school level with two treatments:
– Targeting Mechanism (community vs. individual
targeting)
– Level of Benefit ($1/school day vs. .50c/ school day)
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