SOCIAL INVESTMENT AND POVERTY REDUCTION: EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT OF N-TEACH BENEFICIARIES IN BORNO STATE, NIGERIA
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Abstract
Poverty remains a persistent and complex global challenge affecting millions in bothdeveloped and developing countries. Despite years of economic growth, policy reforms, andinternational development efforts, many people still live below acceptable standards of living. Toaddress this problem, the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), including initiatives suchas N-Power and N-Teach, was introduced to promote human capital development and povertyreduction. This paper examines Social Investment and Poverty Reduction: EducationalAdvancement of N-Teach Beneficiaries in Borno State, Nigeria. The research design is Surveyresearch, and the Sampling Technique is multistage sampling, which comprises cluster and simplerandom Sampling. A total of 392 Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents, and 384 wereretrieved and used for the analysis. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were used topresent and analyse the data. The results indicate that the programme has a strong positive impacton beneficiaries