CONCEPT, OBJECTIVE & STRUCTURE

1. The Project’s Development Objective (PDO) is for Nigerian federal post-basic education and research sub-sector to produce more and better qualified Science & Technology graduates, and higher quality and more relevant research.Â
   
   
2. Increases in amounts of human resources trained would be measured by increases in numbers of programs, enrollment, and graduates in science and technology, and labor market utilization of these skills. term Improvements in quality would be measured through user surveys, growth in total number of S&T-related publications, and increased collaboration with regional and international research public and private partners in S&T areas. Improvements in teaching and learning of S&T can be measured by assessments of knowledge and skills and the increases in the percentage of grade B and above graduates in examinations in S&T areas. Additional assessment tools for S&T would be developed during the first three years of the project life and then applied at the senior secondary and tertiary levels. Improved relevance would be indicated by increased labor market utilization of S&T skills, and increased partnerships with the private (industry) sector. If the STEP-B project is successful it will also build capacity in S&T within the participating federal Post-Basic Education Institutions (PBEIs) and federal S&T agencies to manage, monitor and evaluate merit-based S&T funding according to international best practices.Â