President Bola Tinubu has committed N40bn to complete the abandoned National Library project to support academic and research needs in the country.
Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the Third Edition of the 2025 Ministerial Press Briefing Session held in Abuja on Thursday.
The minister further reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to integrating 10 million out-of-school children and improving the country’s educational sector.
Alausa stated that the ministry is working on a clear strategy to increase access, improve quality, and enhance education systems for foundational learning.
He added that between now and 2027, the government plans to reconstruct 195,000 classrooms across the nation.
“With regards to infrastructure, between now and 2027, we will need to raise 195,000 classrooms across the nation.
“We will install 28, 000 toilets and 22,900 boreholes across other schools in the country.
“We will construct about 7,000 new classrooms. And, as we do this with the provision of learning and teaching materials by organising 103 million textbooks,” he said.
Alausa added that the president has also approved N120 billion as a startup for students’ entrepreneurial mode.
He disclosed that the country is focusing on the value chain in technical education, where practical education will be given to train artisans.
Alausa explained that a dual mode of training will be implemented, allowing students to spend three days in school, one day for gigantic training, and one day in the workshop.
The ministry has also initiated key committees on national education policy, national language policy, and national almajiri policy reviews aimed at reforming and improving the education sector in Nigeria.
