About the programme
BESDA AF-TESS supports Oyo, Adamawa and Katsina States to get more children into school, improve how they learn, and spend education money openly and efficiently.
What BESDA AF-TESS is
Better Education Service Delivery for All Additional Financing – Transforming Education Systems at State Level (BESDA AF-TESS) is a Federal Government of Nigeria programme, financed by the World Bank and the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). It supports the Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme in three focus states: Oyo, Adamawa and Katsina (the OAK states).
Programme Development Objective
To increase equitable access for out-of-school children, improve literacy and learning outcomes, and strengthen accountability for results in the focus states.
How it works
BESDA AF-TESS is a results-based programme. States earn funding when they reach agreed results, called disbursement-linked indicators (DLIs). An Independent Verification Agent checks each result before money is released.
The programme focuses on:
- Better learning conditions – classrooms and WASH facilities in the most disadvantaged primary schools
- Smoother transition to junior secondary – new junior secondary schools in underserved communities
- Better teaching – a digital Structured Pedagogy Programme with coaching and termly assessments
- Fairer teacher deployment – more teachers in rural schools with the highest pupil-teacher ratios
- Open spending – published state and SUBEB education accounts
- Community engagement – School-Based Management Committees that manage grants and building work
Our focus
- Improving teacher quality
- Strengthening curriculum and learning assessment systems
- Improving school infrastructure
- Promoting community engagement