90,000 children back in school as FG rolls out new education reforms

Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Maruf Tunji Alausa, has outlined caller efforts by the Federal Government to tackle the country’s out-of-school crisis, revealing that implicit 90,000 children person precocious been brought backmost into the learning system.

The update was shared connected April 29 2026, via his authoritative leafage pursuing a Basic Education Bootcamp held successful Jos, Plateau State.

According to the minister, the gathering centred connected expanding entree to basal acquisition and addressing gaps that proceed to support millions of children retired of school.

He explained that ongoing reforms nether the existent medication are targeting cardinal areas specified arsenic teacher quality, girl-child education, subject and exertion learning, arsenic good arsenic method and vocational training.

The initiative, being driven done the National Education Sector Reform Initiative, besides includes the usage of information and integer tools to amended readying and transportation crossed the sector.

Alausa noted that alternate learning models, including integer and unfastened schooling systems, are being scaled up to scope children who are incapable to entree accepted classrooms.

He added that partnerships with stakeholders person contributed to caller gains, peculiarly successful reintegrating out-of-school children.

The curate besides pointed to plans to relaunch the National School Feeding Programme, describing it arsenic a cardinal f...