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From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Tanko Sununu, has reiterated the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu led administration to provide quality, accessible and affordable education for Nigerian youths.
He confirmed that government was thinking outside the box to implement the measures that would enable it achieve the desired goal, with an assurance that the President has the political will and the resolve to make positive impact across the sector.
Sununu spoke at a meeting with the officials of the Global Partnership for Education led by the Senior Education Specialist and Country Team Lead, Morten Sisgaard of the Republic of Denmark, in Abuja, at the weekend.
The Minister told the delegation that policy document that will guide and enable the government achieve the desired goal in the education sector will soon be launched.
Leader of the delegation, Morten Sisgaard, told the Minister that the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has key programmes in Nigeria, including a US $100m Partnership project (2015 –2020) aimed at improving Access & Quality Basic Education in Kastina, Kano, Kaduna (KKK States) as well as Jigawa & Sokoto States.
Other programmes, according to Morten include; A COVID-19 response grant of US$15m, A US $20m accelerated funding, targeted at delivering equitable programming to address emerging challenges in delivering quality education in fragile States of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
Other are the $125m education sector implementation grant for transforming education systems at state level; US $15.4m for reaching out of school children in Kaduna state, and a US $117.59m for system transformation grant.
On the working visit team with Morten Sigsaard, was the Senior Education Advisor at the British High Commission in Abuja, Mr . Ian Attfield and Dilip Parajuli, a Senior Economist and Education Specialist at the World Bank.
