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CHAPTER 12: RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
In learning lessons <strong>to</strong> improve implementation, the<br />
M&E team has identified key issues that require<br />
attention for improvement <strong>of</strong> future project<br />
implementation and moni<strong>to</strong>ring. The<br />
recommendations concentrate only on those<br />
actions central <strong>to</strong> renewed vigour <strong>to</strong> achieve the<br />
MDGs in 2015.<br />
Increase in Budgetary Allocation, Especially <strong>to</strong><br />
Education<br />
Government at all levels should direct more<br />
resources <strong>to</strong>wards alleviating the poverty levels <strong>of</strong><br />
its citizens. MDGs are targeted at sustainable<br />
poverty reduction and it is therefore recommended<br />
that government should continue <strong>to</strong> sustain the<br />
programmes addressing the Goals. The MSS and<br />
NHIS MCH programmes need <strong>to</strong> be scaled up<br />
nationwide for the attainment <strong>of</strong> Goals 4 and 5 as<br />
targeted. As the nation marches <strong>to</strong>wards meeting<br />
Goal 2, there is need <strong>to</strong> double the budgetary<br />
allocation <strong>to</strong> the sec<strong>to</strong>r so as <strong>to</strong> increase the<br />
number <strong>of</strong> classrooms and teaching aid <strong>to</strong> meet<br />
with population increase. Efforts should be geared<br />
<strong>to</strong>wards providing quality teachers and additional<br />
classrooms, with adequate teaching aids, while<br />
greater attention should be given the welfare <strong>of</strong><br />
teachers for efficient performance. The monthly<br />
basic allowances given during the training has<br />
made a difference in the lives <strong>of</strong> the teachers, and<br />
consequently affected the learning condition <strong>of</strong><br />
school children. Provision should be made for<br />
disadvantaged social groups such as the Almajiri,<br />
which form a significant number <strong>of</strong> children <strong>of</strong><br />
school age in the Northern part <strong>of</strong> the country.<br />
Increasing Capacity <strong>of</strong> Women <strong>to</strong> Influence<br />
Decisions<br />
In achieving Indica<strong>to</strong>r Four, which aims <strong>to</strong><br />
increase the proportion <strong>of</strong> seats held by women in<br />
national and state parliaments, seminars, trainings<br />
and capacity building programmes on politics<br />
should be designed long before electioneering<br />
periods. This will help <strong>to</strong> build the competence <strong>of</strong><br />
women who have political potential for future<br />
elections as well as generate the social and<br />
political will <strong>to</strong> accept women‘s participation in<br />
politics. Also, <strong>to</strong> attain the third indica<strong>to</strong>r <strong>to</strong>ward<br />
gender equality and women empowerment,<br />
projects should be designed that will have a more<br />
definite bearing on increasing the number <strong>of</strong><br />
women in formal wage employment outside the<br />
agricultural sec<strong>to</strong>r. The CCT scheme could be<br />
employed for this purpose by broadening the<br />
scope beyond farming and trading. Furthermore,<br />
vocational centres that train educated women<br />
could also be established <strong>to</strong> harness their skills and<br />
set them up in better business programmes than<br />
mere trading.<br />
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