Analysis of Human Capital Development Index in Kano State

Abstract

The study focuses on the analysis of human capital development index domesticated in Kano state, Nigeria. The main objective of this study is design human capital index and explores the contributors and inhibitors to the development and deployment of a healthy, educated and productive labour force in the state. The study covers the 44 local government areas and 122 wards of the State. Four key indicators were used for the design of human capital index in Kano State which are; level of education, health and wellness, workforce and employment and enabling environment. These indicators were analyzed using standardization method of ranking. From the index, some regions of the states have impressive and fair human capital index which are Northern Central, Eastern and North Western regions while some regions have poor ranking of human capital index in the State especially Far South, Western and Southern regions were most of the index were negative as per the defined indicators as captured by the level of education, health and wellness, workforce and employment and enabling environment. In view of these findings and low public sector resource availability, the study recommends that government should overhaul the financial management system in health and education towards attaining higher value for money in expenditure spent and enhance the ease of access for private providers of health and education services towards complementing that provided by the public sector and strengthen regulatory framework for effect supervision and quality standardization.

Keywords: Human Capital Development Index, Kano State, Health, Education