The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, will be sharing insights on the judicious use of public resources to ensure the success of the Edo State Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) Programme at the 2023 World Bank Spring meeting.
The panel session themed The False Dichotomy between More & More Effective Public Spending on Education: Lessons from Country Experiences had high-level participants which include Ministers of Education and Ministers of Finance from developing countries such as Morocco, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Argentina and Portugal.
Edo State is the only sub-national invited to the session to present its success story in transforming its public school system.
The governor is expected to discuss how Edo State has deployed significant resources to improve teaching and learning outcomes and how strong institutional reforms contributed to ensuring that the resources were utilized effectively to meet set targets for improving Foundational Literacy and Numeracy.
Edo state has become a reference On how a sub-nationals in Africa has been able to undertake massive transformation and significantly improve learning outcomes in public school system.
