The Federal Government has said that recent investments in basic education have reached 2.3 million learners across Nigeria within the past six months.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, made the disclosure in Abuja on Monday while presenting the Federal Ministry of Education’s Communication Strategy for 2025–2027.
Alausa announced that the government is set to reintroduce the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, which was suspended in January 2024. He explained that mothers would be paid directly to guarantee that children are properly fed, with technology deployed to enhance transparency and accountability.
Giving an update on progress in the sector, the minister stated that 4,900 new classrooms had been built, 3,000 renovated, 34 model and SMART schools completed, and 353,000 pieces of furniture supplied. These interventions, he said, had benefited 2.3 million learners nationwide.
The minister also revealed that 21 states have so far migrated their data into the Nigeria Education Data Initiative (NEDI), a central platform designed to securely track learners’ education journeys from primary to secondary level, with plans to include tertiary education in the near future.
On technical and vocational education, Alausa said a newly launched digital platform had already attracted 1.3 million applicants, with 960,000 completing applications. More than 1,600 accredited centres have been onboarded, and 58,000 students matched to training facilities. The next phase, he added, will target between 125,000 and 150,000 trainees, with the first cohort starting in two weeks.
He further disclosed that, beginning with the 2025/2026 academic year, technical schools will offer free education covering tuition, boarding, feeding, and a monthly stipend of ₦22,500 to ease financial pressure on students.
According to him, the newly unveiled Communication Strategy aims to standardise messaging across agencies under the ministry, improve transparency, and strengthen engagement with stakeholders in the education sector.
