MONDAY April 7, 2025 |
By thenewsdesk.ng
To improve the nation’s basic education sector in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, the federal government, yesterday, disbursed a totalN2.035 billion to 1,147 school-based management committees across 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa made the disbursement in Abuja, at the national flag-off of the Universal Basic Education, UBE School based management programme in Abuja.
Dr Alausa identified six pillars to drive education sector renewal initiative to include increasing enrollment, reducing out-of-school children, enhancing technical and vocational education, advancing, girl-child education and strengthening quality assurance.
The minister explained that to implement the initiatives, his ministry plans to: construct 7,200 new UBE facilities, provide 1,680,000 furniture pieces, renovate 195,000 classrooms, install 22,900 water boreholes and 28,000 toilets and provide perimeter fencing for 14,000 schools, respectively.
He called on states and local governments to maximize federal government and inject indigenous funds into the SBMC-SIP programme for greater impact.
“While the Federal Ministry of Education intensifies its efforts in mobilizing resources to actualize the above ideals, it also recognizes the importance of improved partnerships and collaborations with all stakeholders in all aspects of education service delivery.
“It therefore gladdens my heart to note the giant strides recorded by UBEC in the implementation of the UBE School Based Management Committee-School Improvement Programme. I am delighted to also note that the initiativey will foster by community partnership and engagement which can effectively address the issue of out of school and also expand access to school age children while improving the teaching and learning environment.
“The Teacher Professional Development programme aligns with the Ministry’s vision of improving learning outcomes through the strengthening of teacher quality in the sector to meet global standards”, he said.
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission,UBEC, Aisha Garba, in her address, regretted that despite a the seven percent increase in enrollment between 2016 and 2021, about 17 million children, mostly from rural and low-income communities, are still out of school.
