UP GEJ!: Education

President Goodluck Jonathan has led the fight to ensure that all Nigerians have access to a first class education, regardless of their background. 

Understanding that today’s students are tomorrow’s work force, President Jonathan has worked tirelessly to ensure that students are properly prepared for the industries that will drive Nigeria’s economy in the future.

Achievements:

• Developed a 4-year strategic plan for the development of the Education Sector to strengthen the institutional management of education, improve access and equity, ensure quality, enhance teacher education and development, provide technical and vocational education and training, and improve partnerships and resource mobilization.
• Launched the Safe Schools Initiative to ensure that young people are not only safe in going to school, but that schools are an environment ripe for learning, growth and development free of fear.
• Introduced a Formal Early Childhood Education programme.
• Constructed special girls schools in 13 states of the Federation in order to improve the Girls’ Education Programme, including girls boarding schools in Adamawa, Yobe, Zamfara, Nasarawa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Delta and Akwa Ibom.
• Launched the National Campaign on Access to Basic Education across the geo-political zones to reduce the number of out-of school children.
• Established 14 new universities to improve access to higher education in the North and ensure that students in all states have access to a Federal University.
• Constructed 64 Almajiri Model Schools, which has recently begun operation. These are part of a list of 89 schools being constructed by the administration through the Universal Basic Education, UBEC (the remaining 25 have been completed and will soon be handed over to the host states). 300 additional Almajiri schools have been slated for construction in line with the survey conducted.
• Created a National Framework for the Development and Integration of the Almajiri Education into basic education.
• Refurbished and equipped 51 Federal and State Polytechnics with modern laboratories to encourage participation in technical and vocational education and training.
• Refurbished 352 science and technical laboratories in the 104 Federal Unity Colleges, in addition to providing 62 ICT centres and 40 sets of mathematical kits.
• Distributed a total of 19.67 million instructional materials in the four core subjects of english language, mathematics, basic science and technology, and social studies to primary 1 & 2 pupils.
• Invested in training and development for teachers, principals and vice-principals of primary and secondary schools as well as federal unity colleges across the country