This economic evaluation estimates and analyses the cost of inclusive education in eight schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
This cost efficiency study was designed and conducted to analyse the cost of SMILE’s model of disability-inclusive education in Kaduna State, in order to provide evidence on the efficiency of the approach and the potential cost of scaling up the implemented activities across the state.
The costing analysis suggests that the activities piloted and implemented could be sustainable and scalable given their apparent affordability and efficiency. It also adds evidence on the cost of inclusive education in low and middle income countries in an area where there is close to no data.
This study will hopefully bust the myth that inclusive education is too expensive, inform decision makers on the economics of inclusive education and further help its integration in mainstream education.
© 2025 by Sightsavers, Inc., Business Address for all correspondence: One Boston Place, Suite 2600, Boston, MA 02108.
To make sure you have a great experience on our site, we’d like your consent to use cookies. These will collect anonymous statistics to personalise your experience.
You have the option to enable non-essential cookies, which will help us enhance your experience and improve our website.
These enable our site to work correctly, for example by storing page settings. You can disable these by changing your browser settings, but some parts of our website will not work as expected.
To improve our website, we’d like to collect anonymous data about how you use the site, such as which pages you read, the device you’re using, and whether your visit includes a donation. This is completely anonymous, and is never used to profile individual visitors.
To raise awareness about our work, we’d like to show you Sightsavers adverts as you browse the web. By accepting these cookies, our advertising partners may use anonymous information to show you our adverts on other websites you visit. If you do not enable advertising cookies, you will still see adverts on other websites, but they may be less relevant to you. For info, see the Google Ads privacy policy.