The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) has disclosed that the administration of President Bola Tinubu has disbursed ₦372.62bn in student loans and trained 156,446 beneficiaries under its Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme.
The council said the achievements formed part of the Federal Government’s ongoing education reforms aimed at expanding access to education, improving teachers’ welfare, strengthening vocational skills and creating employment opportunities for Nigerian youths.
The APC PCC spokesperson and Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, outlining the administration’s interventions across basic, secondary, technical and tertiary education.
According to Alake, the reforms have also improved access to basic education, strengthened teachers’ welfare and contributed to stabilising the academic calendar in tertiary institutions across the country.
He explained that the Federal Government’s 2026 education sector renewal report identified six priority areas, including technical and vocational education, science and medical sciences, out-of-school children, girl-child education, digitalisation and education quality assurance.
The council further disclosed that the Federal Government allocated a record ₦3.52tn to education in the 2026 budget and secured $552m for the HOPE-EDU programme, which targets 29 million children, more than 500,000 teachers and 65,000 public schools.
On basic education, the APC PCC said the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme had facilitated the return of more than one million out-of-school children to classrooms, trained 1,400 Tsangaya teachers and established 200 bilingual learning centres across 17 northern states.
It added that the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) programme had reached 7.19 million girls, with 3.7 million enrolled in secondary schools, while more than 10,000 schools had benefited from facility improvements.
The statement also highlighted the introduction of a revised national curriculum designed to reintroduce Nigerian History and strengthen Civic and Heritage Studies. It said the National Learning Assessment had been restored to monitor pupils’ academic performance and identify learning gaps.
On teachers’ development, Alake disclosed that 53,553 teachers had registered under the EduRevamp initiative, while 51,794 participated in the first cohort of the Accelerated Teacher Professionalisation Pathway (ATPP).
He said the six-month programme provides professional qualifications, certification and licensing, adding that it is backed by ₦2bn and targets 250,000 teachers by 2027.
The council also referenced the Inspire Live initiative, which provides online lessons for pupils from Primary One to Senior Secondary School Three, supported by certified teachers and artificial intelligence-assisted learning.
In the technical and vocational education sector, the APC PCC said the TVET scheme had attracted more than 2.8 million applications, with 156,446 verified trainees receiving free training, monthly stipends and start-up support.
It disclosed that over ₦65.7bn had been disbursed directly to trainees, while an additional ₦30.2bn had been allocated to training centres. The government had also rehabilitated 38 technical colleges and introduced free technical education covering tuition, boarding, textbooks and uniforms.
On medical and science education, Alake said the Federal Government was investing ₦110bn in the rehabilitation of 18 federal medical schools across the six geopolitical zones.
He added that nursing enrolment increased from 81,480 in 2023 to 114,300 in 2025, while 20 STEM-focused tertiary institutions had been approved and 12 engineering and technology faculties earmarked for rehabilitation.
The APC PCC also identified the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as one of the administration’s flagship education interventions, revealing that it had processed 1,659,853 student loan applications and disbursed ₦372.62bn across 319 tertiary institutions.
The amount, according to the statement, comprises ₦192.89bn for tuition fees and ₦179.73bn for students’ upkeep allowances.
On industrial relations in the university system, the council said the Tinubu administration had resolved the longstanding dispute with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and implemented an agreement providing a 40 per cent increase in academic staff remuneration alongside improved welfare benefits.
It further disclosed that the Tertiary Institutions Staff Support Fund had disbursed ₦28bn to 15,000 workers across 153 public institutions, offering eligible beneficiaries loans of up to ₦10m for housing, healthcare, transportation and education.
The statement also highlighted investments in research, innovation and student entrepreneurship, noting that the Federal Government provides ₦365m annually for research and innovation through the National Laureate Prize.
Additionally, the Student Venture Capital Grant had disbursed more than ₦2.5bn to 45 student entrepreneurs, with each beneficiary eligible to access up to ₦50m in equity-free funding.
The council said entrepreneurship certification was also ongoing in 14 federal universities, while the Diaspora BRIDGE initiative had registered 1,141 Nigerian professionals abroad and reached 16,675 students across 107 tertiary institutions.
The APC PCC’s presentation of the figures comes amid growing political debate over the performance of the Tinubu administration, particularly as opposition parties continue to question the impact of its policies and reported achievements ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
While the ruling party maintains that its education reforms are expanding opportunities and strengthening the country’s education system, critics have continued to demand evidence of their implementation and measurable impact on students, teachers and educational institutions nationwide.
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