The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council says the education reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu’s administration have expanded access to education, improved teachers’ welfare and stabilised the academic calendar in tertiary institutions across the country.
The council said the Federal Government has disbursed ₦372.62 billion in student loans, supported over 156,000 beneficiaries under the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme and secured $552 million for basic education development.
According to a statement issued by the APC Presidential Campaign Council spokesperson, Dele Alake, on November 4, 2026, the achievements were contained in the Federal Ministry of Education’s Nigerian Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI) 2026 report.
The report identified six priority areas of the reforms, including technical and vocational education, science and medical sciences, out-of-school children, girl-child education, digitalisation and education quality assurance.
On basic education, the council said the Federal Government allocated ₦3.52 trillion to the sector 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.
It added that the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme had returned over one million out-of-school children to classrooms, trained 1,400 Tsangaya teachers and established 200 bilingual centres across 17 northern states.
The statement also disclosed that the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) programme had reached 7.19 million girls, with 3.7 million enrolled in secondary schools, while over 10,000 schools had benefited from improved facilities.
On curriculum development and teacher training, the council said the administration had introduced a revised national curriculum that reintroduced Nigerian History and strengthened Civic and Heritage Studies.
It noted that 53,553 teachers had registered under the EduRevamp initiative, while 51,794 joined the first cohort of the Accelerated Teacher Professionalisation Pathway (ATPP), a six-month programme designed to provide professional qualifications, certification and licensing.
The statement further said the TVET programme had attracted over 2.8 million applications, with 156,446 verified trainees receiving free training, monthly stipends and start-up support.
It added that more than ₦65.7 billion had been disbursed to trainees, while ₦30.2 billion had gone to training centres, alongside the rehabilitation of 38 technical colleges and the introduction of free technical education.
On tertiary education, the council said the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) had processed 1,659,853 student loan applications and disbursed ₦372.62 billion to students across 319 institutions.
The amount comprises ₦192.89 billion for tuition fees and ₦179.73 billion for upkeep allowances.
It also said the administration had resolved the longstanding dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and implemented an agreement providing a 40 per cent increase in academic staff remuneration and improved welfare benefits.
Additionally, the Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund had disbursed ₦28 billion to 15,000 workers across 153 public institutions, providing eligible staff with loans of up to ₦10 million.
On medical and science education, the council disclosed that the Federal Government was investing ₦110 billion in the rehabilitation of 18 federal medical schools across the six geopolitical zones.
It added that nursing enrolment increased from 81,480 in 2023 to 114,300 in 2025, while 20 STEM-focused tertiary institutions had been approved.
The statement also highlighted government investments in research, innovation and entrepreneurship, including ₦365 million annually for research through the National Laureate Prize and over ₦2.5 billion disbursed to 45 student entrepreneurs under the Student Venture Capital Grant.
Each beneficiary under the scheme can access up to ₦50 million in equity-free funding, while entrepreneurship certification is ongoing in 14 federal universities.
Speaking on the reforms, the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said the success of the administration’s education policies would be determined by their impact on students, teachers and institutions rather than the amount of money allocated or the number of programmes introduced.
