ALAUSA HIGHLIGHTS EDUCATION REFORMS, CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS IN NIGERIA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM
The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, has called on education correspondents to leverage available data to promote accountability and drive improvements in Nigeria’s education sector.
Dr. Alausa made the call while leading discussions at an education summit organised by the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria.
The Minister identified access to education, high dropout rates, inadequate infrastructure and the growing number of out-of-school children as some of the major challenges confronting the sector.
He urged education journalists to make greater use of data from the Nigeria Education Data Infrastructure Management System (NEDIMS) to hold governments and relevant stakeholders accountable for improving learning outcomes, teacher deployment, classroom availability and educational facilities.
Dr. Alausa said the Federal Government’s education reforms are centred on six key areas, including Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education, digital transformation, reducing the number of out-of-school children, quality assurance and strengthening education governance.
The Minister also highlighted achievements recorded in the last three years, including stability in tertiary institutions, improved global rankings of Nigerian universities and the return of more than one million out-of-school children to classrooms.
He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to addressing existing gaps in the education system while implementing policies aimed at improving access, quality and relevance of education across the country.
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