The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has unlocked more than 100 billion in previously unaccessed matching grants for states and the Federal Capital Area (FCT), marking a major milestone in the Federal government’s efforts to reinforce standard education across Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Aisha Garba, revealed this on Thursday throughout a high-level media luncheon with education correspondents in Abuja.
According to Garba, the funds, which had stayed dormant for years, are now being purchased crucial areas, including school facilities, teacher development, and improved discovering results, in line with the Federal Government’s Restored Hope Program.
She discussed that the commission’s 2025– 2031 Strategic Blueprint is driving a shift from policy reforms to quantifiable improvements in access to quality basic education throughout the country.
Garba said the intervention has actually currently delivered substantial outcomes through cooperation with State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs), consisting of the building and construction of more than 4,600 class, remodelling of over 6,100 classrooms, arrangement of 2,780 toilets, 678 boreholes, and more than 334,000 pieces of school furniture. The commission has likewise established over 2,300 Early Childhood Care Advancement and Education Centres across the country.
On instructor development, she exposed that UBEC has actually invested over 20.4 billion in professional training programs targeted at enhancing class instruction, strengthening school management, and boosting responsibility through the Effective Schools Programme and School-Based Management Committees.
Garba also highlighted the commission’s increased financial investment in technology-driven discovering to prepare Nigerian pupils for the digital economy, while prompting the media to continue supporting openness and accountability in the education sector.
She worried that changing basic education needs sustained partnership among government, instructors, parents, neighborhoods, advancement partners, and the media.