By Chesa Chesa
President Bola Tinubu’s education reforms have led to the disbursement of ₦372.62 billion in student loans, enrolment of 156,446 trainees in technical and vocational education, and the return of over one million out-of-school children to classrooms.
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Dele Alake, citing the Federal Ministry of Education’s Nigerian Education Sector Renewal Initiative (NESRI) 2026 report.
According to the statement, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has processed 1,659,853 applications and disbursed ₦372.62 billion across 319 tertiary institutions. The amount comprises ₦192.89 billion for tuition and ₦179.73 billion for students’ upkeep.
The council said the Federal Government’s 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 ₦65.7 billion had been disbursed to trainees and ₦30.2 billion to training centres.
It also disclosed that the government allocated ₦3.52 trillion to education in the 2026 budget and secured $552 million for the HOPE-EDU programme, targeting 29 million children, over 500,000 teachers and 65,000 public schools.
The statement said the BESDA programme had returned more than one million out-of-school children to learning, while the AGILE initiative had reached 7.19 million girls, with 3.7 million enrolled in secondary schools.
On tertiary education, the council said the Tinubu administration had resolved the longstanding dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), implemented a 40 per cent increase in academic staff remuneration and disbursed ₦28 billion to 15,000 workers through the Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund.
It added that ₦110 billion was being invested in the rehabilitation of 18 federal medical schools, while nursing enrolment increased from 81,480 in 2023 to 114,300 in 2025.
Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said the success of the reforms would be measured by their impact on students, teachers and institutions.
“Our measure of success is not merely the amount of money allocated to education or the number of programmes introduced. It is the difference these interventions make in the lives of our children, students, teachers and institutions,” he said.
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