KEY POINTS
- FG launches 2025–2027 communication strategy for education.
- Plan aims to boost trust, visibility, and coordination.
- Milestones include new classrooms, TVET reforms, and girl-child education.
Nigeria’s federal government has launched a new Communication Strategy for the education sector, designed to strengthen transparency, accountability, and public confidence in reforms under President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Speaking in Abuja on Monday, Education Minister Maruf Tunji Alausa described the 2025–2027 framework as a blueprint for telling Nigeria’s education story “with clarity, credibility, and consistency.” He said education reform is not only about classrooms but about “shaping the destiny of our children and the prosperity of our nation.”
Focus on Renewed Hope and NESRI
Alausa praised Tinubu for approving the highest education budget in Nigeria’s history, which has enabled infrastructure upgrades, expanded teacher training, and powered the Nigeria Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI).
He also credited First Lady Oluremi Tinubu for supporting scholarships through the Renewed Hope Initiative and reviving the long-stalled National Library Project with her 65th birthday fundraising appeal.
Milestones in skills and STEMM
The minister highlighted achievements in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), including a digital application platform with 1.3 million users, tuition-free technical schools, and Nigeria’s entry into WorldSkills International. So far, 58,000 students have been matched to training centres, and 5,600 technical teachers retrained.
In STEM fields, Alausa cited the Diaspora BRIDGE programme linking Nigerian institutions with international experts, upgrades to 18 medical schools, and expanded enrolment of nurses and doctors to address shortages.
Girl-child education and new curriculum
The ministry also reported progress in basic education, with more than 4,900 classrooms built, 3,000 renovated, and 34 model schools established, reaching 2.3 million learners. About 60,000 tablets have been distributed for teacher development, while new data platforms now track learners nationwide.
The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) has given scholarships to 577,000 girls and taught approximately 100,000 girls life skills.
The administration has brought back Nigerian History, started Citizenship and Heritage Studies, made a policy against bullying, and is working on new rules for schools to stop drug use.
Four pillars of communication
The strategy, Alausa said, rests on four pillars: Visibility, Coordination, Engagement, and Resilience. “Let us tell the story of every teacher trained, every child enrolled, every girl empowered, every curriculum modernised,” he said.
He further called on media, civil society, partners, parents, and teachers to support the initiative, stressing that reforms will only succeed with public trust and active participation.
“With the Renewed Hope Agenda providing vision, NESRI giving structure, and also the new Communication Strategy giving voice, Nigeria’s education sector is on a clear path of renewal, resilience, and reform,” he said.
