Jigawa, carved from Kano in 1991, sits in the Sokoto Caliphate's Qur'anic tradition, with two universities (federal at Dutse 2011, state at Kafin Hausa 2013) and the Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic at Kazaure.
Pre-colonial & mission schools (pre-1900 — 1948)#
- Qur'anic and Tijaniyya/Qadiriyya schools across the Hadejia, Kazaure, Gumel and Ringim emirates for centuries.
- Colonial-era Native Authority schools at Hadejia and Dutse.
Era stats (where available)#
- Literacy rate (NBS / NDHS): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Out-of-school children (UBEC / UNICEF): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Tertiary enrolment: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- WAEC / NECO / JAMB rankings: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Education budget (state appropriation): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Minister / Commissioner of Education in office: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Provost / Rector / Vice-Chancellor of era institutions: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Notable research / achievement: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
1948 — 1959: Asquith Commission & first universities#
- Jigawa sons travelled to the Nigerian College, Zaria (1952), ABU (1962), and Bayero University Kano (1975).
Era stats (where available)#
- Literacy rate (NBS / NDHS): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Out-of-school children (UBEC / UNICEF): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Tertiary enrolment: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- WAEC / NECO / JAMB rankings: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Education budget (state appropriation): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Minister / Commissioner of Education in office: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Provost / Rector / Vice-Chancellor of era institutions: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Notable research / achievement: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
1955 — 1976: Northern Region education → 1976 Federal UPE#
- Northern Region UPE slow; Native Authority schools at Hadejia, Kazaure, Birnin Kudu.
Era stats (where available)#
- Literacy rate (NBS / NDHS): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Out-of-school children (UBEC / UNICEF): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Tertiary enrolment: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- WAEC / NECO / JAMB rankings: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Education budget (state appropriation): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Minister / Commissioner of Education in office: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Provost / Rector / Vice-Chancellor of era institutions: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Notable research / achievement: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
1977 — present: State universities, polytechnics, colleges of education#
- Federal University Dutse (FUD) — federal, 2011.
- Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa (SLU) — state, 2013.
- Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure — federal, 1991.
- Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse — state.
- Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Dambatta (now in Kano) — Jigawa students remain frequent enrollees.
- Binyaminu Usman College of Agriculture, Hadejia — state.
- Jigawa State College of Education, Gumel — state.
Era stats (where available)#
- Literacy rate (NBS / NDHS): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Out-of-school children (UBEC / UNICEF): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Tertiary enrolment: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- WAEC / NECO / JAMB rankings: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Education budget (state appropriation): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Minister / Commissioner of Education in office: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Provost / Rector / Vice-Chancellor of era institutions: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Notable research / achievement: FUD — dryland-agriculture and Sahelian-water research; SLU Kafin Hausa — pioneering programmes in Hausa-language studies.
1999 — present: Universal Basic Education era#
- Jigawa SUBEB; the state has historically been one of the higher UBE matching-grant absorbers in the North-West.
Era stats (where available)#
- Literacy rate (NBS / NDHS): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Out-of-school children (UBEC / UNICEF): Jigawa is consistently named in the UBEC/UNICEF top-ten states for out-of-school children; girls-education enrolment programmes (GEP3, FCDO) ran 2012–2020.
- Tertiary enrolment: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- WAEC / NECO / JAMB rankings: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Education budget (state appropriation): Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Minister / Commissioner of Education in office: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Provost / Rector / Vice-Chancellor of era institutions: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
- Notable research / achievement: Not available in this research pass — TBC.
Sources & further reading#
- NUC accreditation registers; NBTE polytechnic registers; NCCE colleges-of-education list.
- Fafunwa, *History of Education in Nigeria* (1974, rev. 2004).
- UBEC & NPC annual reports; UNICEF/NDHS state-level data.
- State Ministry of Education gazettes; JAMB Brochure (annual).