The All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council says, President Bola Tinubu’s reforms in the education sector since he assumed office has expanded access to learning, improved teachers’ welfare, and stabilised academic calendar across higher institutions in the country.
A statement by its spokesperson Dele Alake indictates that the Federal Ministry of Education through its Nigerian Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI) 2026 report, the government’s interventions cover basic and secondary education, technical and vocational training, and tertiary education.
The reforms focus on six priority areas: technical and vocational education, science and medical sciences, out-of-school children, girl-child education, digitalisation and education quality assurance.
It’s further explains that going by NESRI report, the Federal Government allocated a record ₦3.52 trillion to education in the 2026 budget and secured $552 million for the HOPE-EDU programme, which targets 29 million children, over 500,000 teachers and 65,000 public schools.
The report said the BESDA programme has returned over one million out-of-school children to learning, trained 1,400 Tsangaya teachers and established 200 bilingual centres across 17 northern states.
It says that, the AGILE programme has reached 7.19 million girls, with 3.7 million enrolled in secondary schools, while over 10,000 schools have benefited from improved facilities with adequate funding of NELFUND, TVET and servicing of other critical components that support and promote efficiency and optimization of resources, curriculum and performance
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