Education Data · Bauchi State · 2024/2025
Gender parity across education levels, school re-entry status, rural-urban gaps and equity indicators for Bauchi State.
0.97
Primary GPI
Near parity
0.83
JSS GPI
Declining
40%
SSS Female Share
vs 51% at primary
₦0
Re-entry Funding
Not yet allocated
2024/2025 · Bauchi State
0.97
GPI (female/male)
What it measures
Ratio of female to male gross enrolment rate at primary level. A GPI of 1.0 indicates full parity; below 1.0 indicates fewer girls enrolled relative to boys.
What the data shows
At 0.97, Bauchi State is close to parity at primary level. However, the GPI drops to 0.83 at JSS and 0.67 at SSS — meaning gender gaps widen sharply as learners progress. By senior secondary, only 67 girls are enrolled for every 100 boys.
Why it matters
GPI trends across levels reveal where girls drop out of the system. A near-parity primary GPI with a sharply lower secondary GPI is a pattern associated with early marriage, pregnancy, household labour demands and distance to secondary schools.
Equity lens
Rural LGAs show the steepest GPI decline across levels. Zaki LGA records a primary GPI of 0.81 — significantly below the state average — pointing to area-specific barriers that aggregate figures obscure.
Financing implication
Improving the JSS and SSS GPI requires targeted investment in girls' transition support, re-entry programmes and incentive structures. These are low-cost relative to construction and can be financed through existing recurrent budget lines.
Recommended response
Ministry of Education and SUBEB should publish annual disaggregated GPI figures by LGA and education level and tie gender-responsive budgeting targets to LGA-level GPI improvement.
Source: Bauchi State ASC 2024/2025; Bauchi State Gender in Education Policy 2026–2030.
Limitations: GPI is based on reported enrolment data. Out-of-school girls are not captured in enrolment returns.
2024/2025 · Bauchi State
40%
of SSS enrolment
What it measures
Female learners as a proportion of total public Senior Secondary School enrolment in Bauchi State.
What the data shows
Female learners make up only 40% of public SSS enrolment — a drop from 48% at JSS and 51% at primary. This means approximately 29,000 fewer girls are in SSS than would be expected at primary parity rates. The narrowing is most pronounced in science and technical subjects.
Why it matters
Secondary school completion determines long-term employment outcomes, fertility rates and the education of the next generation. Each additional year of girls' secondary schooling is associated with measurable improvements in household income and child health.
Equity lens
Science, Technical and Vocational (ST&V) schools record only 7 public institutions with 8,421 learners — an extremely limited technical education pathway. Girls' access to ST&V is not separately tracked in available data.
Financing implication
Reaching 50% female SSS enrolment would require retaining approximately 29,000 additional girls. School re-entry financing (estimated ₦420M annually) and girls' scholarship schemes are the most cost-effective mechanisms.
Recommended response
Bauchi State Government should allocate a dedicated budget line for the School Re-entry Guidelines implementation and the Gender in Education Policy's transition support commitments.
Source: Bauchi State ASC 2024/2025; Bauchi State Gender in Education Policy 2026–2030.
Limitations: Figures cover public schools. Private secondary school gender data is available but less reliable.
2026 · Bauchi State
Not Funded
implementation status
What it measures
Whether the Bauchi State School Re-entry Guidelines have been formally adopted, budgeted and are being implemented across schools.
What the data shows
The Bauchi State School Re-entry Guidelines were adopted in 2025. As of Q1 2026, no dedicated budget allocation has been made for implementation. School-level procedures are inconsistently applied, and the minimum support package for returning learners is not funded.
Why it matters
Without financing, re-entry guidelines remain aspirational. Girls who become pregnant or marry and wish to return to school have no guaranteed support, no funded catch-up programme, and no protected enrolment pathway.
Equity lens
Re-entry primarily affects girls — the learners most at risk of permanent exclusion from secondary education. The absence of funding disproportionately harms adolescent girls in LGAs with the highest early marriage rates.
Financing implication
Full implementation of the Re-entry Guidelines is estimated at ₦420M annually — less than 0.4% of the annual education budget. This covers counsellor deployment, catch-up learning, stipends and school-level awareness.
Recommended response
Ministry of Finance should include a dedicated School Re-entry Implementation budget line in the FY 2027 appropriation. Ministry of Education should publish a costed implementation plan before the next budget cycle.
Source: Bauchi State School Re-entry Guidelines, 2025; EduSpendNG Policy Brief Series on Financing School Re-entry.
Limitations: Implementation data is based on policy analysis and secondary sources; systematic school-level monitoring data is not currently available.