The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, on Monday disclosed that the Federal Government plans to improve the budget for education by 25 per cent .
Mamman made this known while opening the 2021 and 2022 Nigeria Annual Education Conference (NAEC) in Abuja .
The Minister at the conference themed “Implementation of Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Nigeria”. said that the country has a long way to go as the there is no action to match policies that should produce the desired results .
”President Tinubu has directed the return of the 10.5 million out-of-school children to school at the expiration of his tenure.
”We still have a long way to go. We are not matching the children in the country with the desired education, and this is because our policies are not producing the values we need.
“What we need is the action on ground and not the policy declaration. This is where I can tell you we intend to come in,” he said.
Expressing concern over the state of insecurity in the schools and nation at large and saddened by the recent killing of one Deborah Atanda, a nursing student of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, a few days ago, the Minister directed the institution’s vice-chancellor, in concerted efforts with the security, to fish out the perpetrators of the act.
Speaking also, the Education Adviser, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), James O’Donoghue, pledged the UK’s commitment to supporting Nigeria in actualising the 2030 SDG agenda and to ensure every child receives a quality education.
He called on the Nigerian government to ensure increased funding for education and ensure that the funds are used for the purpose of overall education.
Education is a human right according to the United Nations. The acquisition of literacy and numeracy skills leads to human success.
