The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has opened more than 100 billion in previously unaccessed matching grants for states and the Federal Capital Area (FCT), marking a significant milestone in the Federal government’s efforts to strengthen standard education across Nigeria.
The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Aisha Garba, revealed this on Thursday during a top-level media luncheon with education correspondents in Abuja.
According to Garba, the funds, which had remained inactive for several years, are now being bought vital areas, including school facilities, teacher development, and enhanced discovering results, in line with the Federal government’s Renewed 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 fundamental education throughout the country.
Garba stated the intervention has already delivered substantial results through cooperation with State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs), consisting of the construction of more than 4,600 classrooms, renovation of over 6,100 class, provision of 2,780 toilets, 678 boreholes, and more than 334,000 pieces of school furnishings. The commission has likewise developed over 2,300 Early Childhood Care Development and Education Centres across the country.
On teacher development, she revealed that UBEC has actually invested over 20.4 billion in expert training programmes targeted at enhancing classroom guideline, strengthening school management, and enhancing accountability through the Effective Schools Programme and School-Based Management Committees.
Garba also highlighted the commission’s increased 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 transforming basic education requires sustained partnership amongst government, teachers, parents, communities, advancement partners, and the media.